[pacman-dev] Alternatives system

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Sun Dec 6 23:20:33 UTC 2020


On 7/12/20 3:03 am, Lone_Wolf wrote:
> 
> On 01-04-2019 01:56, Allan McRae wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I plan to finish implementing an alternatives system for pacman post 5.2
>> release:
>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Allan/Alternatives
>>
>> Any comments or suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Allan
> 
> 
> pacman 6 .0 alpha has been released, but there's no sign of an
> alternatives system I can find.
> 
> 
> The descriptions suggest the alternatives system could improve at least
> one of my aur packages by  a lot.
> 
> Is an alternatives system still on the roadmap ?
> 

It is on the roadmap.  Unlikely for 6.0, unless I feel motivated over
the upcoming holiday season.

Allan


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