Re: Looking for advice on packaging newer version of ncdu

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On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 12:29:26PM +0000, Richard Fearn wrote:
> ncdu is a text-mode disk usage analyzer: https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdu
> 
> There's a new Zig version (2.x) which I would like to also package. 2.x is
> being advertised as the "main" version these days (whereas the 1.x C
> version is described as "LTS" and "Lags a bit behind on the 2.x version").
> So it feels like I should create a new "ncdu1" package for the 1.x version,
> and the existing ncdu package can become 2.x.
> 
> 
> * Call the 1.x binary "ncdu1"?
> * Or call the 2.x binary "ncdu2"? (doesn't seem appropriate for what is now
> the "main" version)
> * Or keep both binaries called "ncdu" (packages will conflict)?
> * Use alternatives to allow both to be installed with "ncdu" pointing to
> one of them?

  I don't see the point of keeping ncdu1 at all. v2 seem to be
feature-complete comparing to v1. There are caveats about Zig
(the language) not being stable, but it doesn't matter for endusers.

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Tomasz Torcz                 Morality must always be based on practicality.
tomek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx                 — Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

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