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Re: all xterms



On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 02:50:30PM +0900, Changwoo Ryu wrote:
> > Then these packages should be modified to provide the x-terminal-emulator
> > virtual package and use update-alternatives to register the
> > x-terminal-emulator alternative.
> 
> kterm and krxvt already do that.

Ah, that's great, then his objection is even less warranted.  :)

> Then, don't we need a policy addition about that?

Yes, but it was necessary to do implementation on a few packages first to
see if there were any issues or bugs first.

Standards and policies should codify known good practice, not prescribe
untried solutions that may turn out to have big problems.

-- 
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branden@ecn.purdue.edu           |   If it stinks, it's chemistry.
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