Bug#385935: debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict' virtual package.
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Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> I guess that should be "reading stardict-dictionary", since that
> seems to be an existing virtual package. It doesn't seem to be
> used however.
Yes, it should be "reading stardict-dictionary" and there is a follow up
proposal for providing stardict-dictionary packages in debian:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/09/msg00182.html
> So, why would them providing stardict be a good thing?
Cause it's easier for user to use/find it.
> What you really want to do with a virtual package is to have a
> dependency on the virtual package. So, which package could/should
> depend on stardict? There currently isn't any package that has a
> dependency on it, and I don't see how it would be useful.
Please see the follow up proposal above.
> I'm also not really sure if stardict-dictionary is a good virtual
> package. I think in general you might want to have more than 1
> package installed that provides a dictionary. It might also be that
> that dictionary is not packaged for Debian or is non-free, so having a
> Depends on it might not always be what you want.
If we did one of the options in the follow proposal, and then we will
have many free dictionary packages in Debian.
Best regards,
- -Andrew
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