It's been talked about many times in the past. We currently don't have a ticket to keep track of related issues/progress/comments, etc. The closest I can find is:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/User:Allan/Alternatives
The latest "drama" that would be solved by an alternatives system relates to faulty debug packages (cc @anthraxx). Please refer to the following tickets for example:
- https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mtr/-/issues/1
- https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/kodi/-/issues/5
- https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/emacs/-/issues/6
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