On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Loïc Minier wrote: > It would be nice to be able to define alternatives with priorities > working in the way of dpkg --compare-versions. This wouldn't break the > existing alternatives, and would permit packages to use their current > version when multiple parallel installations should be prioritized. > Examples: gstreamer0.6/0.8/0.10, java 1.4.2/1.5.0 ...
It would break existing alternatives as we have negative priorities that are not supported as version numbers. I'm tempted to simply reject the suggestion as it doesn't seem to bring much. What do other people think? Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
