Re: Metapackages (was Re: Debian Weekly News - September 14th, 1999)

[Germano Leichsenring <germano@jedi.cs.kobe-u.ac.jp>]

Actually about these "metapackages", what about having a new field
in the /var/lib/dpkg/info/available file, the "Keywords:" field?
The keywords would be predefined, and it would be _much_ easier to
find a package... now, if I don't know the name of a package, I have
to grep through the "available" file for the keyword.

Example of keywords:
gtop -> gnome
pcmcia-cs -> laptop
ppp, xisp, fetchmail -> dialup

So, if I have a laptop, dselect looks for the laptop keyword and
shows me what I could/should install. What do you think? 


>>>>> "JH" == Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:
JH> * The long awaited redesign of the installation profiles has
JH> begun.  Now there are "metapackages"; packages that depend on a
JH> group of packages that relate to a common activity, like playing
JH> games or developing C programs. Martin Bialasinski posted a
JH> [14]request for help coming up with lists of packages for each
JH> metapackage.


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Germano Leichsenring
  Kobe University