Re: Bug#64006: debian-policy : proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package
On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 01:05:42PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> Two things I'd like to see done with the virtual package system:
>
> 1. Define APIs for all virtual packages.
>
> 2. Tie virtual packages to the alternatives system, somehow.
>
> The former emphasises the fact that, unless you have *some* sort of
> common API (no matter how fuzzy), you don't really have a virtual
> package. The latter may be pie-in-the-sky, but could be interesting.
But a package which Recommends: www-browser needs no standard
interface whatsoever, for example. I think that virtual packages go
beyond alternatives.
Julian
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