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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    playground/sysadmin/kalternatives
From:       Pino Toscano <pino () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-01-07 10:55:40
Message-ID: 20110107105540.9A41BAC8B0 () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 1212526 by pino:

kalternatives moved to git, https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/sysadmin/kalternatives


 D             AUTHORS  
 D             CMakeLists.txt  
 D             COPYING  
 D             INSTALL  
 D             Messages.sh  
 D             NEWS  
 M  +4 -38     README  
 D             TODO  
 D             pics (directory)  
 D             src (directory)  


--- trunk/playground/sysadmin/kalternatives/README #1212525:1212526
@@ -4,43 +4,9 @@
 Kalternatives is a KDE program that a allows you to easily configure and
 change the alternatives system of your distribution, if supported.
 
-What is an Alternatives System?
--------------------------------
+Where?
+------
 
-An "alternatives system" is designed to allow the system administrator to
-select an alternative when there are several options that provide the same
-file or functionality. For example, there could be several different packages
-that provide the command "vi" (the standard POSIX text editor) and your
-distribution could allow you to have more than one option installed (for
-example, to satisfy the needs for different users on a multiuser system).
-But, how does the system knows which of the installed programs must be run
-when "vi" is entered on a shell? The answer is: using the alternatives system.
-This system keeps a database of provided alternatives for every option on
-/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives (in case of Debian and rerived ditributions, for
-example) and a collection of links on /etc/alternatives that point to the real
-program. So, if your default version of "vi" is "vim", the link /usr/bin/vi
-will point to /etc/alternatives/vi that points to /usr/bin/vim. But if in the
-future you would like to change /usr/bin/vi to point to the nvi executable you
-could:
+Development of kalternatives has been moved to Git, see:
+https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/sysadmin/kalternatives
 
-1. Change the link on /etc/alternatives/vi by hand.
-2. Use the Debian command `update-alternatives --config vi`
-3. Use Kalternatives.
-
-Which distribution are supported?
----------------------------------
-
-The supported distribution are:
-- Debian
-- Fedora
-- Mandriva
-- openSUSE
-- Ubuntu
-(see INSTALL for knowing how to specify which one when compiling)
-
-If you want to add support for another distribution, feel free to contact me.
-
-Who do I have to whine if the program fails for me?
---------------------------------------------------
-
-Pino Toscano <pino@kde.org>
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