2011/9/11 Ben Walton <[email protected]>: > Excerpts from Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński's message of Sat Sep 10 12:39:00 > -0400 2011: >> 2011/9/8 Ben Walton <[email protected]>: > >> > If we use alternatives, presumably we'd set the deprecated version >> > as higher priority. Sites would then need to change scripts or run >> > a command to switch the alternative. >> >> Yes, exactly. This way you learn that this version is deprecated, >> but you have the option of still using the tool, if you really want >> to. > > Ironically, as Phil never fixed the bug in his alternatives > implementation, delivering multiple alternatives with the same name in > a single package isn't feasible. The files are delivered and > registered properly, but switching the alternatives doesn't work.
That's unfortunate. > I've dropped alternatives and opted to simply deliver two binaries, > the normal name being our "switch!" script and pkg-get.deprecated > being the original tool. > > How does it look? > > http://buildfarm.opencsw.org/experimental.html#pkgget If alternatives don't work for a single package, this scenario sounds good. You mentioned in the other email that there could be a separate package with the deprecated pkg-get, but it would be an overkill. The version in experimental looks good. Maciej _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
