Thus spake Alexandre Oliva: > > That's a good point. The name is quite unfortunate in this sense, > given the traditional meaning given to the alternatives system. Oh, > well... I guess it's not too late to change this. Any better > suggestions to convey the notion that `this repository contains > packages that will overlap with, update or even obsolete packages in Would "Replacements" be a better appellation than "Alternatives"? For any given X, while I might expect to find X coexisting with its alternatives Y and Z (think Vim, Emacs), I would not expect X to coexist with its replacements. In fact, if Y replaces X, and I have Y installed, I wouldn't expect to find X at all. Just a suggestion.
