Bug#117916: debian-policy: New virtual package httpd-cgi.
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 06:46:53PM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> I hereby propose to add a new virtual package called 'httpd-cgi' to
> the list of virtual packages in virtual-package-names-list.txt.
This part of policy is not very clear. As I read it, you don't need
to make a formal proposal for new virtual package names (or menu
categories); you just have to discuss the proposal on d-policy. If
nobody complains, you're in. This is, I believe, the reason that the
virtual package list (and the menu tree) are kept as separate
documents: so that they can be updated separately.
As for the proposal itself, "http-cgi" seems like a reasonable name,
and a reasonable virtual package. The only thing I'd ask is this be
added to the daemons *before* any packages try to use it as a
dependency. Get in touch with the httpd maintainers, and make sure
they're ready and willing to do this, and (if no one has objected by
that time) we should be go.
cheers
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