Re: Bug#45307: [PROPOSAL] virtual package ident-server
> The proliferation of ident daemons (midentd, oidentd, pidentd) in
> Debian necessitates the introduction of a virtual package that these
> packages can provide and conflict with (since you can only
> [reasonably] run one ident daemon at once). While "ident-daemon"
> seems more intuitive, the name ident-server is more consistent with
> existing conventions for daemons.
>
> Per the virtual package policy, this is CC'd to debian-devel.
While this is fine to satisfy dependencies, the packages would
be more useful if they provided a standard interface via the alternatives
mechanism.
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