[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#650343: nodejs: please provide "nodejs" command as a synonym for node

[Jonathan Nieder]

Hi again,

Some clarifications.

Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> Oh, I am confused now:  Didn't you hint yourself that upstream might not 
> like it?
>
> Re-reading I now see that you wrote "...without a patch",

Right, I think it is unlikely that upstream would be happy to see
anyone asking them to work on this.  With a patch I don't think it's a
hard sell, given that it only amounts to adding a new synonym for a
command and would save upstream from having to deal with people
bringing it up again. :)

>                                                           but still I 
> saw no indication from the mailinglist thread you referenced that 
> upstream will accept a patch.

Ryan wrote

| I want Node to have the executable name 'node'. 

The tone, if I understood correctly, was one of "why are you bothering
me about this nonsense?".  I agree with him --- removing the 'node'
command would break compatibility for a large group of users and is a
non-starter.  I don't think that implies he won't like a patch adding
a nodejs synonym.

To be crystal clear: previously I might have mentioned that Debian
policy requires removing the 'node' command to comply with Debian
policy if the project cannot come to a consensus about what is to
happen.  If that's the only way to get the package in wheezy, fine.
But that is not what this bug report is about.

[...]
> I can also easily follow an upstream finding it sensible to call some 
> daemon "node" and not (upstream) wanting to change it

I don't think the ham radio tool node's upstream has weighed in at
all, actually.  Alas, ax25-node is undermaintained in Debian.  It may
be that their upstream won't mind the name change.

Jonathan