On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:17:28 +0400
Aleksey Midenkov <midenok@...> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:45 PM, /dev/ammo42
> <mickeytintincolle@...> wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:57:17 +0400
> > Aleksey Midenkov <midenok@...> wrote:
> >
> >> I would strongly recommend after renaming such scripts as startkde
> >> to create symlinks to old names or at least ask user in postinst
> >> to make such links!
> > I think a tdesymlinks packages would be a good idea. It would
> > include not only startkde->starttde, but also symlinks to every
> > renamed application such as twin, etc.
> > It would both:
> > -enable former KDE3 users to use the old names, just by installing
> > one package
> > -if the renaming is completed, enable new Trinity users to install
> > it in /usr alongside KDE SC 4/5.
> >
> 
> Making separate package is not necessary and not practical (it must
> depend on all packages). Better to develop common postinst procedure
> and include in every such package with info about renamed executables.

Why make the package depend on every Trinity package ? I don't think
dangling symlinks are such of a problem. Or perhaps it's just my
Slackware-originated "automatic dependencies are too complicated" way
of thinking.