Bug#392479: Request for virtual package ircd

2009-09-14 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:46:39AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > This is yet another virtual package request I have some > reservations about. There was a long thread on -devel starting at: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00483.html > > Several ob

Bug#392479: Request for virtual package ircd

2009-09-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Manoj Srivastava writes: > So, there were few arguments made in favour of the virtual > package, and there seems to have been a fairly strong consensus that > the virtual package was not needed, and would provide no benefit. > Given that, I would like to close this report, with

Bug#392479: Request for virtual package ircd

2009-09-10 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This is yet another virtual package request I have some reservations about. There was a long thread on -devel starting at: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00483.html Several objections were raised: a) IRC services do not need to depend on a daemon (they

Bug#392479: Request for virtual package ircd

2006-10-11 Thread Mario Iseli
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.2.2 Severity: wishlist As it's now being discussed on debian-devel I file this bug now. I recommend it to add the virtual package "ircd" to the virtual package list with the same reasons as I wrote in the other mail. Thank you -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM