Re: An Empty `real' virtual package ?

[Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net>]

"Dirk" == Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org> writes:

Dirk> So it was suggest to create an empty ogonkify package (which
Dirk> would depend on a2ps) to give ogonkify more visibility.
Dirk> Is this considered to be a good or a bad idea ?

This seems to go against current practice -- AFAIK its only been done
once ("xbase"), with Overfiend kicking and screaming the whole way.

Better to put ogonkify in the ogonkify package, and have a2ps depend
on that.  APT handles this well.

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