Name is but sound and smoke (was: Freshrpms.net concerns.)

[Joel Uckelman]

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.