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Re: Virtual Package Names



> Hi,
> 
> I was just testing some code and I noted that there are a number of
> virtual packages that do not appear in the 'Authoritative List of
> Virtual Package Names'
> (http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-policy/related-docs/virtual-package-names-list.text)
> 
> Is this okay?
> 
> Here a few,
>  gs_x (gs, gs-aladdin)

I think it's better to just use "gs" for any version of gs.
the gs_x used to be used for "gs with X11". There also was
a "gs_svga", and "gs_both".

Also, the use of underscores in package names is not allowed, so
I think we shouldn't use them in virtual packages eighter.




-- 
joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
#!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj
$/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1
lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/)
#what's this? see http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/


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