On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 3:54 AM Ansgar <ansgar@debian.org> wrote:
Package: topydo
Version: 0.13-5
Severity: serious
Example use of `todo` from devtodo:
+---
| Add a task, like so:
|
| $ todo -a I should really update my homepage
|
| List all open tasks:
|
| $ todo
|
| Mark a task as complete:
|
| $ todo -d 1.2
+---[ https://swapoff.org/devtodo1.html ]
Example use of `topydo`:
+---
| topydo add "Water the flowers @Home rec:1w"
| topydo ls
| topydo do 2
+---[ https://github.com/topydo/topydo ]
But postinst registers topydo as an alternative for /usr/bin/todo.
Debian Policy[1] requires binaries with the same name to provide the
same functionality; given the command-line interfaces are
incompatible, this doesn't seem to be the case here.
I've reported this bug against topydo as it seems to just have taken
over the name, but already has topydo and wouldn't need to take over
the todo binary.
Ansgar
[1]: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#binaries
I disagree. The two packages provide the same functionality - the ability
to add, remove, modify and display todo lists. Alternatives routinely offer different option sets and commands.
I would have preferred a discussion on #976402 in advance of an RC bug report.
On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 12:00:23PM -0500, Dave Steele wrote:
/usr/bin/todo is not registered as an alternative by devtodo,
so you cannot register it as an alternative in another package.
The conflict between devtodo and topydo is not justified.
I would have preferred a discussion on #976402 in advance of an RC bug
report.
Sorry, policy does not work that way. A policy proposal never delays a RC bug.
My latest stake in the ground - I claim that the functionality of the todo.txt virtual package, from a Policy perspective, is defined, here, and that the candidates are compliant.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm trying to do this in good faith.</div><div><br></div><div>Any objections? Actions? Suggestion for the description?</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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