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Re: [Debian-astro-maintainers] glueviz_0.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.changes ACCEPTED into unstable

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 15:12:34 +0200, Ole Streicher wrote:
> One comment on this: I think it is just too simple here to just add a
> "Conflicts" here. Did you investigate the other optione?
>
> * Try to convince glue-sprite to change their Python package name. This
> could work since their package seem to be used just internally.
>
> * Try to convince glueviz upstream to change their package name (to
> glueviz?)
>
> Having two packages with the same name is at least very unfortunate.

It is not just unfortunate, it is also a violation of Policy §10.1,
which says:

  Two different packages must not install programs with different
  functionality but with the same filenames.

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Dmitry Shachnev

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Re: [Debian-astro-maintainers] glueviz_0.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.changes  ACCEPTED into unstable Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2015-08-16 15:40 +0200
  Re: [Debian-astro-maintainers] glueviz_0.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.changes ACCEPTED  into unstable Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57@debian.org> - 2015-08-16 16:00 +0200
    Re: [Debian-astro-maintainers] glueviz_0.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org> - 2015-08-16 16:10 +0200
  Re: [Debian-astro-maintainers] glueviz_0.5.2+dfsg-1_amd64.changes  ACCEPTED into unstable Josué Ortega <josueortega@debian.org.gt> - 2015-08-16 20:50 +0200

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