On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:07:40PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote: > > Put it this way: in the package review process, > *must* the name conflict be cause for rejection? > A direct file conflict would definitely be a blocker ( http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Conflicts ) The case where one command is in /usr/sbin and another is in /usr/bin seems to violate the spirit of the Guidelines but not the letter. I would hope that a reviewer would try to resolve the conflict as the guidelines advise anyway. We typically have people first attempt to talk to both upstreams and get one or the other to rename. Failing that, we normally make a decision.for the Fedora package and try to coordinate that with other distros (or at least make other distros aware of it). "We" in this case is preferentially the package maintainers but if they can't agree, then the FPC examines it. This case seems like it will be pretty tough to make a decision on should it come to the FPC as both programs have a long history. id-utils' longer history is somewhat persuasive in one direction but libuser's longer history in Fedora is persuasive in the other. The compromise where a lid script that asks the user to create an alias sounds suboptimal but may be the best choice in the end. The FPC would consider it along with other proposals for how to deal with it. -Toshio
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