Bug#258071: debian-policy: request for virtual package 'apache'

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:43:52AM -0400, Brian Minton wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.6.1.1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> There are several packages that all have similar functionality, namely
> apache, apache-ssl, and apache-perl (there may be others as well).  All
> of them have the core apache functionality (with respect to config
> files (but with different locations), modules, APIs, etc.  This way, any
> other package that for instance implements a module for apache would
> work with each of the other apache servers.

Aren't apache-ssl and apache-perl obsolete by now?  That is, someone
could:

apt-get install apache libapache-mod-perl libapache-mod-ssl

and get the same functionality?

-- John