[csw-maintainers] the future of pkg-get...

[Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński]

2011/9/8 Ben Walton <bwalton at opencsw.org>:
> If we use alternatives, presumably we'd set the deprecated version as higher
> priority. Sites would then need to change scripts or run a command to switch
> the alternative.

Yes, exactly.  This way you learn that this version is deprecated, but
you have the option of still using the tool, if you really want to.

> I think the key its that whatever we choose needs to be advertised
> well...and well in advance of delivering the new package.

Yes, we need to be very clear about what's going to happen and when.

Maciej