Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] dev-manual: mention that "bmap-tools" is transitional package

On Fri Jun 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2026, Quentin Schulz wrote:
[...]
>> > +   -  Finally, in modern Ubuntu and Debian releases, the ``bmap-tools``
>> > +      package is a transitional package; it exists solely to ensure
>> > +      backward compatibility and smooth upgrades from older installations.
>> > +      You can safely remove it and install the active package,
>> > ``bmaptool``,
>> > +      which contains the actual utilities for flashing block images.
>> > +
>>
>> Just list this in the first bullet point which is related to Ubuntu and Debian
>> distributions?
>>
>> I could see switching the default package to install from bmap-tools to
>> bmaptool and add a note (Sphinx note) that on older releases, it was named
>> bmap-tools so install that package instead.
>>
>> Note that Fedora 43+ has bmap-tools, and Leap 16+
>> python3-bmap-tools/python3-bmaptools.
>
>   my patch was already merged into master-next, but i like your
> suggestion so if antonin thinks it's worth it, he can revert that
> earlier patch and i can do it your way.

I dropped it, I also like Quentin's suggestion.

Thanks both,
Antonin