(CC me since I'm not in the list)
One simple question: how are tasks managed? what policy is there for
creation/addition of packages to it?
There are three contradictory views:
- Aj[1] said a while back that this is managed by override files in
the archive (this was probably only a temporary fix). Some other
developers at debian-devel say this is still being done.
- tasksel sources include (under tasks/) a list of tasks with their
descriptions and packages.
- latest debian-policy says this is done using a Task: control field in
the packages:
from the changelog:
* we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
special field in the control file (and these should be added only
after discussion on the mailing lists) closes:Bug#97755
This Task: field is used by debian-cd to retrieve a list of tasks, as
infered from its sources.
Which one is right? (it's a bit confusion). Some DD's are telling
me to file a bug against tasksel if I want to modify "Task: spanish"
whileas this seems to contradict debian-policy (??)
Maybe the debian-policy document should clear up this issue, and
probably, say that the others (if any) are deprecated.
Regards
Javi
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2001/debian-boot-200105/msg00075.html
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