Wouter Verhelst writes ("alternatives and priorities"):
> Fixing this wasn't very hard, but it made me consider why we let a
> maintainer decide what the alternative priority of an editor would be.I have a suggestion: how about we make it a rule that to provide a new alternative with a greater priority than another package (or to adjust your alternative upwards), you need to get the maintainers of the `losing' package(s) to agree (ie, the packages whose priority your alternative now newly exceeds). If the maintainer(s) disagree, the affected maintainers should discuss it on debian-devel and the `losing' maintainer should implement the consensus. (Obviously the TC can rule if really necessary but I think what amounts to informal consensus polling seems like the right approach here.) Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
