On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 08:34:47PM +0600, Timur Birsh wrote: > Hi all, > > Torsten Landschoff wrote: > > > Timur Birsh brought it to my attention that my package ddclient provides > > a virtual package "dyndns-client" that is not on the official virtual > > package list at > > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt > > > > It seems that I have missed the requirement to request a new virtual > > package here at the time I introduced the provides. > > > > Therefore I now request that the virtual package > > > > dyndns-client > > > > is added to the official list of virtual packages in Debian. If consensus > > happens to be that this has no merits, I will of course remove the > > Provides on ddclient. > > Can anyone please comment on this?
If the virtual package name is to be meaningful, there must be some definition of what capabilities a dyndns-client provides to depending packages, e.g. a specific command and options. Does that exist? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
