Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>, 2008-03-12, 10:00:
> I recently ran into this yet again, with a set of packages (scim et al) 
> calling update-alternatives --remove in 'prerm upgrade', and thereby 
> breaking user configuration on every upgrade. I do not think that the 
> issue has got significantly better in the 7.5 years since I originally 
> reported this bug.

I didn't get better in 12 years either!

I've just tested 665 packages that use update-alternatives.
122 of them removed an alternative on upgrade.

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Jakub Wilk