Re: [RFC] DEP-6: Meta-Package debian/control field
Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> "Joe Smith" <unknown_kev_cat@hotmail.com> writes:
>> Counter proposal:
>>
>> New meta-package Boolean field.
> Why a new field in the Packages file?
> This seems like an ideal use for debtags. No?
It doesn't to me. The whole point of debtags is that it's crowd-edited,
but whether a package is a metapackage should be under the direct control
of the package maintainer. Also, debtags can change independently of the
package, but the metapackage status will not change without a package
upload.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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