Source: golang-github-google-renameio Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team Uploaders: Anthony Fok Section: devel Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-go Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-golang, golang-any Standards-Version: 4.5.0 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-google-renameio Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/golang-github-google-renameio.git Homepage: https://github.com/google/renameio Rules-Requires-Root: no XS-Go-Import-Path: github.com/google/renameio Package: golang-github-google-renameio-dev Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends} Description: provides a way to atomically create or replace a file or symbolic link The renameio Go package provides a way to atomically create or replace a file or symbolic link. . Atomicity vs durability: renameio concerns itself only with atomicity, i.e. making sure applications never see unexpected file content (a half-written file, or a 0-byte file). . As a practical example, consider https://manpages.debian.org/: if there is a power outage while the site is updating, we are okay with losing the manpages which were being rendered at the time of the power outage. They will be added in a later run of the software. We are not okay with having a manpage replaced by a 0-byte file under any circumstances, though.