On Wed, 19 May 1999, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > > Hi, all > > looking into GNOME i got some (maybe stupid) idea: > > what about creating empty packages only to satisfy dependancies and > be able to install loosy related set of packages. Metapackage > seems to be the right name for such creature ;) > > for example wmaker_gnome.deb will depends on full GNOME+wmaker, > E_gnome.deb will install E+GNOME, > http_ftp_dns_server.deb will set up apache/wuftp/dns etc. > > i.e. you should be able to pick one-two metapackage and > let apt do the dirty job for setting things up > > sorry if it was discussed before...
Already done: netscape-[sd]motif-$VER are meta pkgs. Only depends, and /usr/doc/foo stuff. Adam
