[Pkg-tcltk-devel] Debian Tcl/Tk packages: get rid of alternatives

[tomas at tuxteam.de]

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On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 09:19:13PM +0400, Sergei Golovan wrote:
> Hi and thanks for the input!
> 
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 8:48 PM,  <tomas at tuxteam.de> wrote:

[...]

> In fact, we don't use alternatives for manpages (only for tclsh.1 and
> wish.1). All tcl*-doc (or tk*-doc) packages are conflicting with each
> other, and tcl-doc recommends (not depends to make it possible to
> install any, only one though, desired doc version) the default docs
> version.

That's a bit of a pity, since the Tcl manpage doc is well done (and
very useful). I do enjoy not having to fire up a heavy browser to
look up something.

> AFAIK, python uses HTML documentation, and just a few manpages for
> utilities in section 1 (for which there're symlinks in the python and
> python-minimal packages).

I did assume that. Less unixy. That's perhaps what attracts me more
towards Tcl or Perl.

Thanks and regards
- -- tomás
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