[GauntletWizard]

An alias to the replacement is not the same as silently replacing the package. Yes, the user who care will notice - it's a tool for sysadmins, and the ones worth their salt are already familiar with precisely this provision in package managers, and it's included for precisely this reason. There's always politics involved in replacing a tool, but they didn't steal his namespace - they made the decision to package their own alternative, and yes, that editorial decision does lie with the distribution.