Bug#531519: debian-policy: Virtual package git installs gnuit
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.1.0
Severity: wishlist
When a user installs the package "git" she will likely be surprised to
be told "Selecting gnuit instead of virtual package git". I request
that the "git" virtual package be changed to install git-core. If
that is not possible, there should be a notice to users along the
lines of:
"Git is the old name for gnuit, a file and process manager.
If you wish to install git, the versioning system, please install
git-core."
By the way, I apologize if I'm filing this bug in the wrong place or
bringing up a topic that has been long hashed out on the mailing
lists. I did search debian.org extensively but could not find the
information about how "git" came to point to "gnuit".
I am filing against debian-policy because that package claims[1] to
contains the "authoritative list of virtual package names". However,
"git" isn't in the list[2] and the list hasn't been updated since 2007.
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-virtual_pkg
[2] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
debian-policy depends on no packages.
debian-policy recommends no packages.
Versions of packages debian-policy suggests:
pn doc-base <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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