On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 4:42 PM Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 01:34:44PM -0500, David Steele wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 1:15 PM Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Do you envision to have packages depending on todo and then use the
> > > todo binary ?
> > >
> >
> > No. This is a means to allow topydo and todotxt-cli to use "todo" without
> > crowding devtodo. I believe this meets the definition of a virtual
> package
> > in the Policy.
>
> I am not use I understand. Do you plan for /usr/bin/todo to be managed by
> update-alternatives ? That would require all alternatives to share a common
> interface.
>

The guidance in the Policy is that alternatives "offer more-or-less the same
functionality". I believe this standard is met.

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