Re: Bug#185943: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#185943: debian-policy: request for virtual package: internet-server)
>> On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:13:33 +0100,
>> Martin Godisch <martin@godisch.de> said:
> On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 13:18:10 -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>> From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
>> >> Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> said:
>> > If it will depend on inetd-superserver you will be sure that
>> > some package will provide /usr/sbin/update-inetd, and that's
>> > everything your package needs to know.
>>
>> Given that, I am closing this report. Additionally, you do not
>> need the virtual package _first_, you can set up a group of
>> cooperating packages using a virtual package name, and _then_ ask
>> that to be documented in policy.
> To what group of cooperating packages does noffle belong?
The group of packages that provide and use inetd-superserver
> I think this bug should be closed when inetd-superserver is
> contained in the virtual package list.
This bug report did not ask for inetd-superserver. The people
who are involved in implementing the protocol required to use that
cirtual package shall doubtless ask for it to be included in the
list when they are good and ready.
Just creating a virtual-package name is not enough: there
havbe to be some guidelines about minimal adherence to some
interface, and perhaps some hint of a criteria of eliginility (see
the problem we had with terminal-emultor -- turns out, we mean that
you need o behave like xterm before yoiu can provide
terminal-emulator).
Now, usually, most of the details of eligibility and minimal
criteria are worked out in the sample implementation informally
before asking for a virtual package to be added to the list.
manoj
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