Bug#465140: debian-policy: clarify when to use alternatives

To: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Cc: 465140@bugs.debian.org, David Paleino <d.paleino@gmail.com>
Subject: Bug#465140: debian-policy: clarify when to use alternatives
From: Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:31:46 +0000
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Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Bug#465140: debian-policy: clarify when to use alternatives"):
> libtranslate-bin actually provides a user program that goes in /usr/bin.
> The confusing name is because the binary is just a wrapper around the
> libtranslate library.

Ah.  Well, then an alternative might indeed be ensible.  But someone
needs to write down what the common subset of functionality is, that a
caller is allowed to rely on.

Ian.

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