node binary name ?

[Jérémy Lal]

Hi,
I'm very sorry to rise that subject, please don't shout at me:

From a linux distribution view point, the "node" binary name
is really not popular... see [0] and links therein.
To sum up, "node" is too generic, there is already software with that name.

I always thought the "right" (no rudeness intented) name should have
been "nodejs".
Of course, changing the name now would be certainly very unpopular too,
still, it might be better now, than later.

Do some people feel the same ? not at all ?

[0]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/09/msg00460.html

[r...@tinyclouds.org]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Jérémy Lal <hol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm very sorry to rise that subject, please don't shout at me:
>
> From a linux distribution view point, the "node" binary name
> is really not popular... see [0] and links therein.
> To sum up, "node" is too generic, there is already software with that name.
>
> I always thought the "right" (no rudeness intented) name should have
> been "nodejs".
> Of course, changing the name now would be certainly very unpopular too,
> still, it might be better now, than later.
>
> Do some people feel the same ? not at all ?

The executable name should be 'node'. I appreciate the problems that
Debian has weaved itself into are intricate and difficult to
circumvent, but there must be some solution which allows node to be
named node. Perhaps it can be installed into /usr/local/bin, for
example.

[Dominic Tarr]

is this really a big deal?

if it needs to be named nodejs for the package management system on debian, name it that,

and focus on the important stuff. some times its just much to compromise whats not truly important.

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[Mikeal Rogers]

If we start having package managmenet systems change the default naming of the binary it'll lead to endless confusion for new people down the line. It's worth it to fight this out now.

-Mikeal

[Damian Suarez]

btw, Jerome Ettiene has created a .deb package to install node [1].

if I do in my terminal 'whereis node' prints 'node: /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node'

Best, Damian.

[1] http://blog.jetienne.com/2010/08/how-to-install-nodejs-on-ubuntu.html

 

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[Jonas Pfenniger (zimbatm)]

Debian has the "alternative" framework for colliding binaries. where /usr/bin/node would be a symlink. I remember "git-core" having the same problem solved that way.

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