Mario Iseli writes: > Hello, > > as described in > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt > I announce here my idea of the virtual package ircd. When I count > correctly are at the moment 7 different IRC-daemons in Debian and they > logically conflict with each other. So I would think an official virtual > package would be a fine solution. There are also IRC services which work > in general with all ircds, so it would be easier if those packages also > could only depend on "ircd". > > I file now the bug against debian-policy and say thank you in advance > for your answer.
Some people -- developers such as myself and some server hosting companies -- find it useful to have several ircds installed on one computer for testing purposes. Artificially introducing conflicts hurts these users. Why do you think these servers conflict with each other? There are virtual packages for many network services, but not all -- for example, there are no http-server or dns-server virtual packages. The services with virtual packages almost universally use well-known ports and (except for ftp-server) it does not make sense to run several of them on one machine. In contrast, IRC, HTTP and DNS are often running several instances on different ports or network interfaces. Which IRC services work "in general with all ircds"? Anope is the most compatible one I know, but most IRC services packages that I have seen support just one or two variants of server-to-server protocol. Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
