Re: Virtual packages
>>"Andrew" == Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> writes:
Andrew> In reality, most (all?) virtual packages seem to fall into
Andrew> the category "except privately, amongst a cooperating group
Andrew> of packages". As such, this paragraph doesn't seem to reflect
Andrew> reality very well.
I think the current process is that a bunch of maintainers
feel there is a need for a virtual package name, and talk to people
maintaining related packages, and work out some virtual package names
that are then used privately.
Once the number, and name, of the virtual packages has
stabilized, and the expectation of what all these packages provide in
common is hashed out, these names should be documented -- so that a
new maintainer, starting with a new, package, that could provide or
depend on these virtual packages, has a well known spot to go to to
get the list of established virtual package names.
I do think we need to re-write the para to state that the list
is merely a registry, of sorts, of established virtual package names.
manoj
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