* Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> [110304 18:22]: > forcemerge 587279 616462 > quit > > Hi Marvin, > > See <http://bugs.debian.org/587279> for much edifying discussion. > > It includes[1] a wording I like, for what it's worth. Sadly, the > previous conversation seemed to be at an impasse. Perhaps the > following could be a way forward. > > * First, documenting what seems to be the prevailing current practice, > perhaps with something like [1]; > > * Meanwhile, considering separately whether virtual packages and > Enhances would allow this to change in the future, so packages in > main could avoid pulling in packages from non-main by name > altogether. > > I believe Breaks and Conflicts from main to non-main would always > be needed, though. > > Thoughts? > Jonathan > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=56;bug=587279
The wording at your [1] above looks good to me. Thanks for pointing out this bug and merging mine. ...Marvin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110305012944.gg3...@cleo.wdw
