Re: Bug#64006: debian-policy : proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > There should be a virtual package for mp3-decoder which includes packages > such as Do you have a reason? Do you want to add a dependency on "mp3-decoder" to one of your packages? I'd like to keep the virtual package list fairly minimal for now, and not add things unless they're required. (Or at least "Suggest:"ed :-). Justify the proposal and I'll gladly agree. Two things I'd like to see done with the virtual package system: 1. Define APIs for all virtual packages. 2. Tie virtual packages to the alternatives system, somehow. The former emphasises the fact that, unless you have *some* sort of common API (no matter how fuzzy), you don't really have a virtual package. The latter may be pie-in-the-sky, but could be interesting. Anyway, you don't need to make a formal policy proposal to add/change virtual packages or the menu tree. Those are stored separately for just this reason, and merely require discussion on the d-policy list. -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or[EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into http://www.dsp.net/xtifr | this .signature file.
Re: Bug#64006: debian-policy : proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package
On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 01:05:42PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > Two things I'd like to see done with the virtual package system: > > 1. Define APIs for all virtual packages. > > 2. Tie virtual packages to the alternatives system, somehow. > > The former emphasises the fact that, unless you have *some* sort of > common API (no matter how fuzzy), you don't really have a virtual > package. The latter may be pie-in-the-sky, but could be interesting. But a package which Recommends: www-browser needs no standard interface whatsoever, for example. I think that virtual packages go beyond alternatives. Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com/
