On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:05:10PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such > > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE has some special requirement for a > > > browser, and Debian already has such aptly named virtual package - > > > surely it can be considered as a suitable dependency? > > > > It'd be confusing for people not using GNOME. > > I lost you here.
The goalposts were moved in the text that was omitted up there. "Such a role" refers to the hypothetical generic use of gnome-www-browser to act as a virtual package (replacing x-www-browser) in all contexts, not just the dependency list of gnome-core. The statement was that it would be confusing for, say, debian-goodies to suggest gnome-www-browser. Perhaps the developers should consider a different virtual package name which omits the "x-" part and also the "gnome-" part. Maybe something like gui-www-browser. But this isn't my area of expertise, so feel free to ignore my suggestion if it's unsuitable.
