Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr> writes: > A solution would be some sort of an essential virtual package that > editors would provide, but that's not viable, either. So we're > stuck. :) Why is that not viable? Do the following: * Make all the different editor packages provide the virtual package "editor". * Create a real package "editor-proxy", which depends on "editor", and is marked Essential. Thomas