Re: [epg@progeny.com: Bug#154142: dhcp-client conflicts]
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 05:49:33PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> After a first skim-through the list, I find myself a little perplexed
> -- "editor" is not an official, policy-blessed virtual package name,
> but "lambdamoo-core" is. I think it's safe to say that something's
> wrong with this picture. (And it's just the tip of the iceburg, of
> course.)
That's because editors are special :) From policy 12.4:
It is not required for a package to depend on `editor' and `pager',
nor is it required for a package to provide such virtual packages.[1]
[1] The Debian base system already provides an editor and a pager program,
I guess the reasoning is that any system will have at least one editor,
even though no editor is Essential. Or maybe it's because it is so easy
to have EDITOR point to a non-packaged editor. Note that sensible-editor
itself is in debianutils.
The virtual-packages changelog shows that an "editor" entry was actually
added and then removed in 1996.
Richard Braakman
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