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

[Richard Hartmann]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Axel Beckert <abe at debian.org> wrote:

> * 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)

Sounds good.

What about this setup?

* Use transitional zsh-beta for wheezy
* A few months after wheezy is released, add a warning to the jessie's
package that it will be removed
* Drop zsh-beta for jessie, possibly checking /etc/passwd in pre-rm

"Release goal" for jessie would be to not have zsh-beta any more.


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

That should be mitigated by the above.


>> 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.

The above handles that nicely.


-- 
Richard