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



Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:

> 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.

Ah, that's probably it then. I'm not within the coordinating group, so
I'm not really sure what the status of vulkan-icd is.

Thanks. Feel free to close the bug.


 Best,
 Gard

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