Re: Bug#385935: debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict' virtual package.

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:36:31PM +0800, Andrew Lee wrote:
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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.
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> 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
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> > So, why would them providing stardict be a good thing?
> 
> Cause it's easier for user to use/find it.

I don't see how this will make it easier to use it.  It might be easier
to find it if you already knew the name of the virtual package, and
basily already knew what you're looking for.  But I don't see this as
either useful, or something that should be done by using a virtual
package.

> > 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.

Which talks about providing the dictionaries.  Are you suggesting that
all packages providing stardict-dictionary should depend on stardict?
However, they might want to suggest installing stardict.


Kurt