[Bug 1523627] Re: Powerpc-utils and powerpc-ibm-utils is confusing

[Adam Conrad]

powerpc-ibm-utils is in the minimal set, which should be installed in
most/all cases.  I agree that the naming is confusing, and I have a plan
for the next Debian release and 16.04, if I have time, to migrate
powerpc-utils to pmac-utils and powerpc-ibm-utils to powerpc-utils, so
it matches the upstream name.

There will be a transitional package for one LTS->LTS cycle that pulls
in both on powerpc/ppc64 (though, not on ppc64el) to make sure upgrades
don't break anyone, but then we'll get to a more sane state.

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Title:
  Powerpc-utils and powerpc-ibm-utils is confusing

Status in powerpc-ibm-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu users for the ppc64el architecture, I always see they
  installing powerpc-utils when they want to install powerpc-ibm-utils.

  I want to start a discussion here on how to handle it. I am wondering
  if it still make sense to have both package..

  Other than that, I would like to have the powerpc-ibm-utils tool added
  in the default installation ISO for ppc64el. How should we proceed
  with it?

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