tags 569219 + patch thanks Il 30/07/2011 16:02, Lucas Nussbaum ha scritto: >> For the purpose of removing useless packages, I would propose that >> transitional packages are always "priority: extra" and "section: oldlibs". >> >> That would make deborphan to mark them as "packages that may be removed". > > Right. Could someone update the patch? Patch refreshed with Santiago's suggestions. I took the time to expand it a little bit. -- .''`. : :' : Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@debian.org> `. `' `-
Index: best-pkging-practices.dbk
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--- best-pkging-practices.dbk (revisione 8912)
+++ best-pkging-practices.dbk (copia locale)
@@ -1670,6 +1670,13 @@
<command>apt-cache search .|grep dummy</command> or
<command>apt-cache search .|grep transitional</command>.
</para>
+<para>
+Also, it is recommended to adjust its section to
+<literal>oldlibs</literal>
+and its priority to
+<literal>extra</literal>
+in order to ease <command>deborphan</command>'s job.
+</para>
</section>
<section id="bpp-origtargz">
@@ -1897,6 +1904,31 @@
Depends: libfoo (= ${binary:Version})
</screen>
</section>
+<section id="bpp-meta">
+<title>Best practices for meta-packages</title>
+<para>
+A meta-package (or meta package) is a package which depends on one or more
+packages to provide a minimum set of features to be installed or to ease
+installation or upgrade of a list of packages. Examples are provided by packages
+built by
+<systemitem role="package">linux-latest</systemitem>
+and
+<systemitem role="package">meta-gnome2</systemitem>
+source packages.
+</para>
+<para>
+If package is a meta-package, you should clearly indicate its purpose in the
+long description in order to inform users they could eventually uninstall it to
+remove potential useless packages without the risk of losing any core
+functionality or compromising the system.
+</para>
+<para>
+Particular care must be taken for those meta-packages intended to assure smooth
+system upgrades, which should normally be kept to avoid potential breakages. You
+should clearly warn users about the potential risks of removing those
+meta-packages.
+</para>
+</section>
</section>
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