Re: Deprecation of /etc/alternatives? (Re: Reaction to potential PGP schism)
On 17086 March 1977, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
While we are on the topic of alternatives, I hope to see the
maintscript-based /etc/alternatives paradigm deprecated in favor of
the
package-based X-is-X paradigm introduced by `python-is-python3`.
In this scenario gnupg will ship gpg as /usr/bin/gpg-gnupg, while
sequoia-chameleon-gnupg will ship its gpg as /usr/bin/gpg-sq. Then the
user can decide to install gpg-is-gnupg or gpg-is-sequoia (with the
distro-wide preference expressed setting the appropriate Recommends in
gnupg or sequoia-chameleon-gnupg).
Ugh no, and have tons of near-empty packages for no good reason and also
make local admins life harder.
--
bye, Joerg
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