[csw-maintainers] Upgrade problems??

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Roger,

Am 09.04.2010 um 22:44 schrieb Roger Håkansson:
> On 2010-04-09 22:25, Philip Brown wrote:
>> the proper way to do this, is to rework both the xpdf package, and
>> poppler, to use CSWalternatives.
>> NOT, to mark packages as "incompatible" with other current packages.
>>
>> Please note: maintainers of xpdf and poppler will have to work
>> together, to agree which should be the "default" xpdf, if both
>> packages are installed.
>
> Regarding xpdf, there is no collision, its the utilities  
> (pdftotext...) that collide, which was why I suggested to Benny that  
> he also split them out to a separate package and we make them  
> (poppler and xpdf_utils incompatible).

It would really be the best to use alternatives to select which set
of tools would be selected. That way both packages can be installed,
no breakage, and if one or the other has some minor advantage in one
or the other environment the user can easily select the tools of
choice. It is pretty simple in GAR:
   http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/gar/wiki/Alternatives

Benny, Roger: Just let me know if I can be of any assistance in this
issue.


Best regards

   -- Dago