* 2023-12-23 15:34:49+0100, 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`.
I hope not. For example, as a user it is nice to execute a single
command (update-alternatives) to get a high priority alternative for
"editor". I use my locally built /usr/local/bin/emacs as the editor.
/etc/alternatives/editor -> /usr/local/bin/emacs
Building custom deb packages, so that they play nicely together with
official packages, is more difficult for users. "update-alternatives" is
just one command.
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