Re: ssh mutation
On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 10:12:47PM -0500, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Gregory T. Norris wrote:
>
> > By way of clarification... I do typically support free solutions over
> > non-free ones, and I believe the shift to openssh to be a good thing.
> > The part I dislike is specifically taking over an existing package
> > name, so that an `upgrade' installs a completely different package with
> > differences in behavior. They may have shared the same codebase at
>
> Completely agree.
>
Looking at the install, openssh was given that as a package name.
Basically what we have now is "ssh" being a non-package, and ssh-nonfree
and openssh supplying it. There is no bad upgrade in this instance, so
there is nothing to rant about.
Ben
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