[Pkg-javascript-devel] CTTE decision on nodejs (bug #862051)

[Jérémy Lal]

Hi team,

2017-07-31 19:17 GMT+02:00 Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen at debian.org>:

>
> The technical committee was asked in bug #862051 to revisit the decision in
> bug #614907 (conflict between the ax25-node package and the nodejs
> package).
>
> === Resolution ===
>
> The Technical Committee recognises that circumstances change in ways
> that make previous resolutions no longer appropriate.  In 2012, it was
> resolved that the nodejs package should not provide /usr/bin/node due to
> the historical conflict with the ax25-node package.  Node.js is still
> quite popular and the ax25-node package is no longer in stable, testing
> or unstable so the requirement for nodejs to not provide /usr/bin/node
> no longer applies.
>
> The Committee therefore resolves that:
>
> 1. The CTTE decision from 2012-07-12 in bug #614907 is repealed.
>
> This means Debian's normal policies and practices take over and the
> nodejs package is free to provide /usr/bin/node.  The migration should
> be managed according to Debian's usual backwards-compatibility
> arrangements.
>
> === End Resolution ===
>
> Please see http://bugs.debian.org/862051 for discussion of this bug.
>

Next time i'll upload nodejs, it will be with /usr/bin/node and
/usr/bin/nodejs.
After that, please stop patching modules shebangs.
I suspect it is a bad idea to keep /usr/bin/nodejs forever, so hopefully it
will
be possible to remove it before buster.

Regards,
Jérémy.
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