Re: Playing with dpkg's mind
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> I want to move the various interactive fiction games from their own
> packages to management by a common "installer" package. See #107245
> and related bugs. The installer package will own the various games;
> any transition packages must end up not containing the respective game
> file so that the transition package can be safely removed without
> purging the game file as well.
I actually rather like having IF games controlled by dpkg -- just like I
like having all the other sofwtware and even documentation I use under
it. The only issues I see are:
1. There are a *lot* of IF games!
2. They are small individually.
Both can be aided by having groups of games when possible -- e.g., one
pack for each IF competition. Also, both would be alleviated if the
"games" category had a subcategory for IF.
At any rate, we already have a system for managing installed programs.
Is there really no way to use it?
-Lex
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