Updated Virtual Package Name List
AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
in-use or proposed and not objected to. Please check the list below
for things relevant to your packages.
New packages MUST use virtual package names where appropriate (this
includes making new ones - read on).
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.
The latest version of this file can be found in
doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.text
on your local Debian FTP site.
The procedure for updating the list is as follows:
1. Post to debian-devel saying what names you intend to use or what
other changes you wish to make.
2. Wait a few days for comment.
3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (Warwick Harvey
<warwick@cs.mu.OZ.AU>) notifying him of the consensus reached (or
your suggestions if noone objected). Please include a proposed brief
description of the new virtual name(s) for the list. The list
maintainer will then post the new list to debian-devel and upload it
to the FTP site.
4. Go and use the new or changed names.
Warwick.
(based on earlier version by Ian J.)
Now, the list:
X Windows:
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X11R5 XFree86 R5, including base system (obsolete)
xR5shlib XFree86 R5 shared library only
X11R6 XFree86 R6, including base system
xR6shlib XFree86 R6 shared library only
xlibraries XFree86 R6 shared library or stub library
xserver Any X server (used by other X packages)
Miscellaneous:
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libc.so.4 An a.out shared C library, version 4.x.x.
info-browser Something that can browser GNU Info files
kernel-source Kernel source code
kernel-headers Kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
kernel-image Kernel image ( vmlinuz, System.map, modules )
httpd Any HTTP server
postscript-viewer Anything that can display Postscript files
postscript-preview Any preprocessor that creates Postscript output
metafont The TeX Metafont program
dvilj, dvips Provided by dviljk, dvipsk (? - iwj)
www-browser Something that can browse html files
awk Anything providing suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk}
c-shell Anything providing a suitable /usr/bin/csh
pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files
pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output
compress Anything that provides a true BSD compress command
emacs Anything that provides the emacs editor
News and Mail:
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mail-transport-agent Mail transport agents (Smail, Sendmail, &c)
mail-reader Mail user agents (Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
news-transport-system Local news system (INN, C News or B News)
news-reader Any news reader (trn, tin, &c)
inews /usr/bin/inews - local or remote news poster
pgp A version of PGP (International or US)
imap-client Any mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
imap-server Any IMAP mail server
Names of superseded packages Provided by the current ones:
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gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both Provided by Ghostscript (gs). Use gs.
xpmR6 Provided by xpm. Use xpm.
Change history:
---------------
22 Sep 1995 Ian Jackson Initial revision.
26 Mar 1996 Andrew Howell Added www-browser.
11 May 1996 Manoj Srivastava Added kernel-image, added new location of
this file
19 May 1996 Warwick Harvey Took over maintenance of list, changed
instructions for updating list
25 Jul 1996 Warwick Harvey Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped
off at some stage
2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
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