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Bug#1123657: debian-policy: Virtual package name list not updated



Hello,

On Fri 19 Dec 2025 at 03:46pm +01, Gard Spreemann wrote:

> Package: debian-policy
> X-Debbugs-Cc: gspr@nonempty.org
> Version: 4.7.2.0
> Severity: minor
>
> Hello,
>
> Policy currently refers to an authoritative list of virtual package
> names at [1]. However, that list does not seem to have been updated
> since 2022. I can find at least one virtual package (vulkan-icd) that is
> not on the list.
>
> [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.yaml

There's an exception for virtual package names used within a
co-ordinating group of packages.  Is vulkan-icd one of those?  If not,
it shouldn't have been used without opening a bug to update Policy
first.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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