Bug#901193: Bug#901003: There is no standard way of removing transitional / dummy packages
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:34:20PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 22:52 +0000, Vincent.Mcintyre@csiro.au wrote:
> [...]
> > I agree with everything you've said about this text but as regards
> > the patch I think some mention of tracking packages should be kept.
> > Something like:
> >
> > One class of dummy package that are not intended to be removed
> > are <quote>tracking</quote> packages, which are used to keep
> > track of the current available version of a program over time.
> > A common case is <literal>linux-image-</literal>-&architecture;.
>
> Why do you want to introduce the term "tracking package" when we
> already have the term "metapackage"?
That was the term I was looking for, thank you.
>
> Ben.
>
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> Ben Hutchings
> I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit.
> It's the only way to be sure.
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