Redoing tasksel using debtags

[Thaddeus H. Black]

Enrico wrote:

> In short, the news is: all the data are in place to
> write a tasksel replacement using debtags.
> 
> Ideas for making a better tasksel using debtags?

I think that you are right.  It is important that
debtags do this.

Question:  How would the hypothetical debtags-tasksel(8)
handle the case where two similarly tagged packages
provide alternatives?  Would it install both?  If so,
you avoid some potential political heat from fellow DDs,
but it gives the user a sloppy installation, somewhat
hurting debtags and Debian in the long run.

Besides, what if the two packages not only provide
alternatives, but actually conflict?

Erich's idea [1] seems pertinent here.

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[1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debtags-devel/2005-September/000797.html
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