Quoting Ian Jackson (2012-11-21 13:40:35) > Alessio Treglia writes ("Re: New virtual packages: lv2-plugin and lv2-host"): > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Ian Jackson > > <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote: > > > And an lv2-host could include something which can use only plugins > > > with certain features. > > > > Altough dillo doesn't support Javascript, it Provides www-browser and > > that looks correct to me as it is definitely "something that can > > browse HTML files". > > I assume that if you install only dillo, you end up with > sensible-browser using dillo. > > > Maybe a better proposal would be the following: > > > > lv2-host anything that can load LV2 plugins > > I guess you are thinking that LV2 plugin packages would Recommend or > Depend on lv2-host ? But I don't think that's really helpful. > Perhaps lv2-host should specify something more definite, like "can > access the following features ((list)) of any available LV2 plugins". > > Really, I think usually a virtual package like this should refer to a > specific interface that can be used to access the desired > functionality. In this case that means not just the LV2 plugin ABI > but also perhaps an /etc/alternatives-based lv2-host command or > something. It seems to me that you are applying more strict rules now than has been applied to other names on the list in the past. httpd and imap-server also do not provide a common command (nor do they necessarily occupy a common port number). Similar (as far as I know) for e.g. audio-mixer and mp3-encoder (TTBOMK none of those has a sensible-* wrapper). - Jonas
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