Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed

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Subject: Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed
From: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:29:39 +0200
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* Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>, 2012-09-20, 18:50:

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


Could you report bugs ?

I don't think we should be filing bugs before there's consensus _how_exactly to fix them.


But I'll post list of affected packages and a dd-list to debian-devel.

--
Jakub Wilk

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- Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed
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- Bug#71621: Policy on update-alternatives still needed
  - From: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>