[Pkg-zsh-devel] zsh-beta vs zsh Debian package

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

I'm dropping zsh-users from the receipients list now...

Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2012-09-12 00:40:15 +0000, Clint Adams wrote:
> > I don't mind either way, though if there's any reason an upgrade from
> > squeeze would remove zsh-beta, maybe it's better to have a transition
> > package with a symlink to zsh for those few crazy people who use
> > zsh-beta as their login shell.
> 
> Yes, even though I suspect that people who use /bin/zsh-beta
> directly as their login shell should be close to zero.

Valid point. So a potential transition package would include

* A dependency on zsh
* A symbolic link /bin/zsh-beta -> /bin/zsh
* A postinst script which calls update-alternatives appropriately to
  point to /bin/zsh[45] (whichever is present)

> Note that I do use zsh-beta as my login shell (why not? - If
> something breaks, I can easily fix it via root)

Only if you don't use it as root's login shell, too. ;-)

> but by using /bin/zsh as I chose zsh-beta as the zsh alternative.

That should be not so hard to handle by a transitional package.

		Regards, Axel
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