From: Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb@highlab.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:39:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Do we still need the git command?
Message-ID: <E1EImpS-0000k7-Ew@highlab.com>
In-Reply-To: <46a038f905092304384d79d715@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Pros:
> > (4) Do not conflict with GNU Interactive Tools.  Make the life of
> > Debian people easier.
> 
> +1! Anything to avoid yet another flamewar in debian-devel ;-) and it
> also shows some good manners towards a (mostly forgotten) but good
> project. The whole name conflict prompted me to install the GNU
> Interactive Tools and run it for a couple of days. Nifty little
> "midnight-commander" style utility.

I've been talking with the Debian maintainer of GNU Interactive Tools
about this.  He says he's agreed with his upstream maintainer to change
the name of their git.  I dont know if he means they'll change their
name in the upstream package or just in the Debian package.  I offered
to do the work for them and do an NMU, but then I havent heard from them
for about 2 weeks, so I'm not sure what their status is.

"Ha ha, we sure bullied them into doing it our way."


-- 
Sebastian Kuzminsky