Re: Priorities
While I mostly agree with Adam, there's one nit I'd like to pick:
On 14-Oct-00, 21:03 (CDT), Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> wrote:
> > * browsing the web (without having to download plugins all the
> > time, having java support, etc)
>
> Well, we do have virtual packages for this.
>
> [...and...]
> The task-* packages are meant for pulling in a lot of pakcages,
> whereas the virtual packages present alternatives, such as, to the
> question "I want a free SQL server".
Virtual packages don't really server this purpose, as there is no way
for the user to select them. Virtual packages exist so that other
packages can depend on the presence of a specific function w/o depending
on a specific package.
If you want to provide such a function for the user ("show me all the
web browsers"), implementing keywords would be a better, more useful
choice.
Steve
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