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Re: Debian 1.3 suggestion



> > I think it might be nice to add a new field "Keywords" to the dpkg
> > control structure.  This would help to organize packages beyond the
> > section tag that currently exists.
>
> If we need to diversify the section tag, I think we can do it without
> "hacking" in another field.

Why is this hacking?  This would be the proper way to do it.  Using
existing information to guess keywords would be a "hack".


> I would think that, creating a means by which dselect could recognize that
> certain package dependencies are met by programs in /usr/local, would hold
> a higher priority.

This is irrelevant to whether the idea has merit or not.  Besides which,
I would guess that adding a new field to the control file is trivial.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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