Re: etags name collision.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:46:03 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii [2022-04-11 17:09:53] wrote:
> > I'm opposed to dropping stuff just because we can.  If you want to add
> > an option not to install ctags if another version is installed
> > (similarly to what we do with movemail), that's fine.  But please
> > don't argue for dropping parts of Emacs unconditionally because you
> > personally find it not useful, that argument will never fly with me.
> 
> Maybe we should install it under a different name, to avoid
> the conflict but without losing the functionality?

No, that would be confusing and will break those who do still use our
ctags.

I think detecting that another kind of ctags is installed is the best
and safest way to have the cake and eat it, too.