On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 08:17:05PM +0200, Simon Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This sounds like you may want to use an alternative here, so that the > sysadmin can choose which program to associate .iso files with by > default. Of course, users must be able to override this, but I think > that is given (is it?). > > Alternatives will have to be supported by any package that brings such a > file, but need no support from unrelated packages. Putting the file in > question into a base package is bad because it may associate the file > with a program that is not installed.
I misspoke about the purpose; these files don't actually associate file types, just describe them. The only reasona arson and k3b both provide them is that nothing else currently does. -- Mike Markley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: 0x3B047084 7FC7 0DC0 EF31 DF83 7313 FE2B 77A8 F36A 3B04 7084
