Bug#88058: PROPOSAL] ftp-client virtual package

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Julian" == Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:

    Julian> The ftp and ftp-ssl packages have started providing the
    Julian> ftp-client virtual package.  The ncftp package may well do
    Julian> so as well soon.  This package should therefore be
    Julian> included in the virtual packages list.

Can any ftp client provide "ftp-client"?

What about X clients?

Or, put another way, what packages, if any, would
Depend/Recommend/Suggest/Conflict with ftp-client, and why?

I guess packages you should look at include: webcam, task-dialup(?),
dftp, urlview(?), devscripts, quinn-diff(?) (quick glance through my
Packages file at packages that depend/suggest/recommend ftp, ncftp,
or lftp).

This is the problem I faced when I considered making it a virtual
package previously. I am not sure that a package which depends on ftp
would work with ncftp, for instance.

Somebody suggested to use ftp-client-traditional (or was that
traditional-ftp-client?) instead.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>