Bug#693793: New virtual packages: lv2-host and lv2-plugin
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 12:11:24AM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> 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?
Are you still interested in pursuing this ?
Otherwise, if nobody object, I will close this bug in one week.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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