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His point is that dpkg is unable to support installation of multiple versions of a package. update-alternatives and having custom packaging (like with python2.
by calpaterson 15y ago
His point is that dpkg is unable to support installation of multiple versions of a package. update-alternatives and having custom packaging (like with python2.6 and python2.7) solves some of this issue, but Gobolinux deals with it a lot better
- jrockway 15y agoMy point is that it's very easy to do this, but that no real users of Debian want it enough to begin doing it.
- calpaterson 15y ago"Real" users? What does that even mean?