I intend to package the xplot utility from xplot.org. This tool is useful with the tcptrace package, which I maintain. However, there's already an xplot package that installs /usr/bin/xplot. It's not compatible with xplot.org, but does essentially the same thing (plots data in X). I suggested to the xplot maintainer, Peter Galbraith, that we use /etc/alternatives to manage a /usr/bin/xplot symlink. He doesn't think that it's an appropriate use of alternatives, since the tools are not compatible. Do others agree? On what level do tools need to be compatible in order to go into alternatives? I'm sure there are a number of examples of alternatives that are incompatible on at least some level (think nvi and vim config files, for example), but they do essentially the same thing. noah -- _______________________________________________________ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
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