* 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
However, shoehorning X-is-X to apt for replacing alternatives is a very
unoptimal (and even backwards) approach, because it’s not only for simple
applications. Some of the daily alternatives I see are:
- x-www-Browser
- java (and the whole toolchain)
- editor
- vi
- pager
… The list goes on and
Am So, Dez 24, 2023 at 10:06:09 +0100 schrieb Gioele Barabucci:
After the installation there would be no /usr/bin/gpg. Once the user
installs, say, ggp-is-gnupg then /usr/bin/gpg will point to
/usr/bin/gpg-gnupg. Users (and scripts) are still free to install the
And if you want to change it,
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On Fri, 2023-12-22 at 16:43 +0800, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Currently Lintian requires a (source or binary) package to check[1].
(and some checks require *both* source and binary packages available)
> Is anyone aware of a way to run lintian directly on a debian/
> directory contents as-is withou
On Sat, Dec 23, 2023 at 01:22:48PM +, Richard Lewis wrote:
> Perhaps release-notes should suggest to run dpkg --verify after a
> dist-upgrade anyway - i assume it doesnt hurt to do so?
In that case I'd recommend to run it both before and after.
I only became aware of dpkg --verify from this
On 24/12/23 08:54, Alastair McKinstry 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`.
They have different use-cases. alternatives allows
On 23/12/2023 14:34, Gioele Barabucci wrote:
On 22/12/23 00:40, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
If you're asking about using /etc/alternatives or something like that to
provide some sort of generic swapping capability, or a dpkg Provides:,
such that /usr/bin/gpg on some systems would point toward t
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