Re: Deprecation of /etc/alternatives? (Re: Reaction to potential PGP schism)
On Thu, 28 Dec 2023 at 03:01, Simon Richter <sjr@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 12/28/23 04:28, Luca Boccassi wrote:
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> > if you want to activate a new alternative, you have to download a new
> > package that provides it anyway, so there's no difference. Subsequent
> > switches will use the cached package, and if you have issues
> > downloading a 3 kilobytes metapackage then just ensure the cache is
> > never cleared.
>
> More metapackages will make transitions harder though, I believe we want
> to avoid that.
In what way would transitions become harder?
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