Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field
George Danchev wrote:
> Eugene V. Lyubimkin writes:
>> No, it doesn't. Dpkg and any sane high-level package manager won't
>> consider installing/upgrading/keeping some package (meta or not) without
>> all Depends installed.
>
> I agree. That flies directly in the face of Policy definition of Depends:
Come on people, Policy can be changed :)
> <cite>
> This declares an absolute dependency. A package will not be configured
> unless all of the packages listed in its Depends field have been correctly
> configured. </cite>
>
> Degrading such a base and well established feature looks like a criminal
> act, at best ;-)
What if we added "apart from metapackages, identified by Meta-Package: yes"?
I'm not yet seeing any strong argument against this DEP, but I'm clearly
biased ;)
David
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