Bug#257726: debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon
On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 09:35:40PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2004-07-05 Chris Waters <xtifr@debian.org> wrote:
> [...]
> > It promises that your package provides a cron daemon. What's so hard
> > about that?
> If I want to use it in Dependencies (not just suggests) it is
> absolutely necesary to specify *what* is provided.
And existing international standards that define exactly what a cron
daemon is and how it works aren't a good enough answer to that
question because of what, again?
> > > 4. /var/spool/cron/crontabs/* (think 'upgrade' from vixie cron to a
> > > different 'cron-daemon' provider)
> > I don't know, do any of our packages use this? And if not, why do we
> > care?
> We have not just packages but also some users. ;-) I've got a personal
> crontab there which I would not like to lose.
And I don't want to switch mail-transport-agent, because I'm using
specific features of my current MTA that aren't available in most
others. But that doesn't mean that mail-transport-agent is a bad
virtual package name. If you're using specific features of your
specific cron, then don't switch! :)
I'm not saying there aren't issues we should address. I'm just
saying, why don't we try to move forward instead of throwing up our
hands at the first suggestion that there might possibly be a problem
someday in the future, if everybody in the project suddenly becomes
incredibly stupid. It's an honest question.
cheers
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