Hi Eddy, (CCing d-devel, joining Christoph Haas' thread) > The nvi package is an editor, but in spite of that it does not provide > the virtual package "editor". > > Please add this Provides. please see this discussion thread[1] back in 1996 about the virtual packages list that is included in the policy. AFAICT, the consensus was that al- though the editor virtual package wouldn't hurt, it wouldn't improve things either, so it was removed from the list again (after being on it for only a few months). OTOH, virtually every editor package out there seems to (still? yet?) provide it: ] jcn@hejre:~$ grep-available -n -FProvides editor -sPackage ] nano-tiny emacs-snapshot-nox emacs21-nox vim aee deutex emacs-snapshot ] emacs21 jed nano emacs xjed python-soya emacs-snapshot-gtk vim-tiny Personally, I'd be happy to add the Provides if it weren't for this paragraph: ] 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. All opinions and clarifications welcome... Jan [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1996/08/msg00004.html
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