Re: Overrides confusions

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Guy Maor writes ("Re: Overrides confusions"):
> On Wed, 5 Jun 1996 Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca wrote:
> >   Guy>  In the past, all foo-dev packages were put in devel.  It should be
> >   Guy> policy that all foo-dev packages go in the same section as foo.
> > 
> > That clashes with the "put what is on the base floppies into base" rule. 
> 
> ok, how about this:
> 
> If a library package foo is in base, foo-dev should go in devel.
> Otherwise both foo and foo-dev should go in the same section.

I agree with this and am minded to implement it.

Ian.