Bug#587279: debian-policy: clarify wording of parenthetical in section 2.2.1
* Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> [110304 18:22]:
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> Hi Marvin,
>
> See <http://bugs.debian.org/587279> for much edifying discussion.
>
> It includes[1] a wording I like, for what it's worth. Sadly, the
> previous conversation seemed to be at an impasse. Perhaps the
> following could be a way forward.
>
> * First, documenting what seems to be the prevailing current practice,
> perhaps with something like [1];
>
> * Meanwhile, considering separately whether virtual packages and
> Enhances would allow this to change in the future, so packages in
> main could avoid pulling in packages from non-main by name
> altogether.
>
> I believe Breaks and Conflicts from main to non-main would always
> be needed, though.
>
> Thoughts?
> Jonathan
>
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=56;bug=587279
The wording at your [1] above looks good to me. Thanks for pointing out
this bug and merging mine.
...Marvin
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