>> "G" == Gossamer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: G> I was just looking at URLview and the url_handler.sh ... it references G> mutt, netscape, lynx and ncftp directly - shouldn't we be calling G> the /etc/alternatives/whatever files?
Depends on what the package does now. Alternatives are for packages which provide a program in different "flavors". Like my package wxftp, which is available as a gtk, a dynamic motif and a static motif version. The packages install a /bin/wxftp link, which is a link to /etc/alternatives/wxftp, which is a link to /usr/X11R6/bin/wxftp-gtk or -dmotif or -smotif, depended on what the user prefers. Of cause you can call "wxftp-gtk" directly, but "wxftp" will call the default. So, if there are different versions of lynx, calling "lynx" will execute the prefered version. But maybe you want to call the prefered "webbrowser" ? I don't think the browser install such an alternative yet. Interesting idea. You should bring this up on debian-devel if you are interested in it. Maybe three alternatives like webbrowser-X (netscape, amaya, mosaic, mayday) and webbrowser-text (lynx, are there others?) and webbrowser (all of them). G> I must confess to not quite grokking /etc/alternatives :(. Check man update-alternatives G> Can I just update the file and submit it as a patch to whoever does G> URLview? Or is there another way? If you are not a maintainer, you can't upload a package. Even as a maintainer, one first contacts the maintainer of the package. He will include this himself, if it is reasonable. Only in certain situation one can do a non-maintainer upload (these are the packages which have a debian version of -x.y instead of plain -x ). So if there is a behaviour you can make better, submit a patch to the bug-tracking system (http://www.debian.org/Bugs/). You could also contact the author first. Maybe he is already working on that issue. You can contact a package maintainer through [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ciao, Martin
