emacs and /etc/alternatives

[Andrew Haley]

Chip Coldwell writes:
 >
 > I really don't understand the reaction alternatives is getting.  Is
 > it really preferable to have every package create its own script,
 > using its own environment variables and its own priorities, than to
 > use a common infracstructure like alternatives?  At least once the
 > SA has learned alternatives, he knows what to expect from the
 > different packages that use it.

I'm coming down on your side.  It's certainly preferable to having
emacs depend on X libraries.

Andrew.