Bug#578854: New wording for Conflicts, Breaks, and related sections
Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> writes:
> * Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, 2010-06-16, 11:07:
>>+ continue to do so (but be aware that this is often an error
>>+ that should be fixed rather than using <tt>Conflicts</tt> --
>>+ see, for example, <ref id="binaries">),</item>
> I find the phrase in parentheses awkwardly worded. (I am not a native
> speaker.)
I've now moved this out of the parenthetical and instead added:
Be aware that adding <tt>Conflicts</tt> is normally not the best
solution to having two packages that provide the same files.
Depending on the reason for that conflict, using alternatives or
renaming the files is often a better approach. See, for
example, <ref id="binaries">.
to the end of this paragraph.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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