Bug#185943: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#185943: debian-policy: request for virtual package: internet-server)

[Martin Godisch <martin@godisch.de>]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 13:18:10 -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:

> From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

> >> Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> said: 

>  > If it will depend on inetd-superserver you will be sure that some
>  > package will provide /usr/sbin/update-inetd, and that's everything
>  > your package needs to know.
> 
> 	Given that, I am closing this report. Additionally, you do
>  not need the virtual package _first_, you can set up a group of
>  cooperating packages using a virtual package name, and _then_ ask
>  that to be documented in policy.

To what group of cooperating packages does noffle belong?

  Packages MUST NOT use virtual package names (except privately, amongst
  a cooperating group of packages) unless they have been agreed upon and
  appear in this list.

I think this bug should be closed when inetd-superserver is contained in
the virtual package list.

Martin