Bug#693793: New virtual packages: lv2-host and lv2-plugin

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Alessio,

Alessio Treglia wrote:

> So, here is my proposal (which I've already posted on debian-devel):
[...]
> + lv2-host                anything that can host LV2 audio plugins
> + lv2-plugin              an LV2 compliant audio plugin

Vincent Danjean wrote:
> Le 21/11/2012 17:48, Ian Jackson a écrit :

>> What I'm missing is why it's useful to list lv2 hosts in the Depends
>> like this.  The user will end up with one selected essentially at
>> random.  Is that desirable ?
>
> Usually, the Enhances: relationship is a better one than a Depends:/
> Recommends:/Suggests: in plugin packages.

Russ Allbery wrote:

>                                                 We have a bunch of
> existing virtual packages that aren't really useful because they don't
> offer any sort of guaranteed interface, and therefore cannot be
> meaningfully used in package relationships (which is the whole point of a
> virtual package).

Thanks for writing.  Any news?  Are you still interested in adding
this virtual package?

Happy new year,
Jonathan