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The term "conflicting packages" is inaccurate, because with the alternatives system, multiple packages can provide the same man page without conflicting with each other.
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You’re right in that the packages don’t conflict with each other at the Debian package level, but from a logical perspective (detached from any technical details), there still is a conflict: there are multiple manual pages for the same name. I don’t mind changing the terminology to be more descriptive, but at the same time, I’m not convinced that switching from “conflicting” to “other” is an improvement: “other” isn’t describing anything at all. As a reader, I can ask “sure, it’s another package, but what’s the relationship?” I’m inclined to leave it as “conflicting” |
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The term "conflicting packages" is inaccurate, because with the alternatives system, multiple packages can provide the same man page without conflicting with each other.