Re: Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)

2000-05-14 Thread Chris Waters
Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also there's one little difference between packages needing > www-browser and mp3-decoder: a lot of packages ship HTML and by > depending (any sort of dep) on www-browser they signal the user > he'll need a program to see the text. However, there aren't a

Re: Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)

2000-05-14 Thread Steve Greenland
On 14-May-00, 13:56 (CDT), Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > But a package which Recommends: www-browser needs no standard > > interface whatsoever, for example. > > I believe they all fit this template: > > command-line: > But a l

Re: Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)

2000-05-14 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 11:56:29AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > > But a package which Recommends: www-browser needs no standard > > interface whatsoever, for example. > > I believe they all fit this template: > > command-line: Also there's one little difference between packages needing www

Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)

2000-05-14 Thread Chris Waters
Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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