Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name

From	Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.rc
Subject	Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name
Date	2020-07-20 20:30 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 03:05:26AM +0000, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 1:40 AM Yao Wei wrote:
> 
> > There's a serious bug when I am uploading afdko package, that one of the
> > binaries in this package "tx" has name conflicting with
> > transifex-client.
> 
> As transifex-client is client for the proprietary Transifex service,
> personally I would just add a conflict.

Policy says this is not an option, and I agree with policy.

If we start allowing conflicts between completely unrelated packages
it might not end well in the long run.

Imagine the GNU Interactive Tools would still provide /usr/bin/git
with such a Conflicts.

> Also talk to upstream about choosing a more appropriate name for the
> tx program, that is way too short even if it weren't conflicting with
> another package.
>...

I would agree with that, my first thought was whether there is also
an rx program...

> bye,
> pabs

cu
Adrian

Thread

Bug#965151: afdko-bin: /usr/bin/tx is already shipped by transifex-client Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org> - 2020-07-16 23:30 +0200
  Bug#965151: afdko-bin: /usr/bin/tx is already shipped by transifex-client Boyuan Yang <byang@debian.org> - 2020-07-18 21:40 +0200
    Bug#965151: afdko-bin: /usr/bin/tx is already shipped by transifex-client Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2020-07-19 21:00 +0200
  Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name Yao Wei <mwei@debian.org> - 2020-07-20 03:50 +0200
    Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2020-07-20 05:10 +0200
      Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2020-07-20 20:30 +0200
      Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name Yao Wei <mwei@debian.org> - 2020-07-26 06:10 +0200
    Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name Adrian Bunk <bunk@debian.org> - 2020-07-20 20:50 +0200
  Bug#965151: marked as done (afdko-bin: /usr/bin/tx is already  shipped by transifex-client) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-07-26 06:10 +0200
  Bug#965151: /usr/bin/tx: transifex-client and afdko shipping binaries under the same name Yao Wei <mwei@debian.org> - 2020-07-28 03:30 +0200

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