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Re: Should download managers offer some virtual package?



On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 09:11:31AM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
> On 04-Dec-07, 00:07 (CST), Luis Rodrigo Gallardo Cruz <rodrigo@nul-unu.com> wrote: 
> > Would it be
> > reasonable for such packages to provide one? What would be the propper
> > name?
> 
> More importantly, what is the defined interface and functionality
> provided by such a virtual package? That is, what can a package
> Depending on the virtaul package expect to be able to do?
> 
> Does liferea detect which of {wget,curl,gwget,kget} are installed, and
> invoke each in a unique way? If so, the virtual package is not a good
> idea; instead, liferea should, in fact, list them specifically.

Worse than that, the user must choose manually.

I see the point, I'll list them by hand. Thanks.

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