Re: Virtual packages (was Re: Bug#64006:)

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 10:04:04AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> My original statement: "we should document the APIs provided by
> virtual packages."
> 
> My modified statement in light of all the feedback I've gotten: "we
> should document whatever common interface (including none) that our
> virtual packages provide."
> 
> My underlying point remains the same, though.

I've just read through the virtual packages list, and there's barely a
virtual package which either doesn't do this already, for example awk
says:
awk                     Anything providing suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} (*)
or for which such a description would be nigh on meaningless:
fortran77-compiler      Anything providing a Fortran77 compiler

So let's list the virtual packages which would benefit from this
description and see where we get to from there.

   Julian

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