Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:05:10PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> > > One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such
> > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE has some special requirement for a
> > > browser, and Debian already has such aptly named virtual package -
> > > surely it can be considered as a suitable dependency?
> >
> > It'd be confusing for people not using GNOME.
>
> I lost you here.
The goalposts were moved in the text that was omitted up there. "Such a
role" refers to the hypothetical generic use of gnome-www-browser to
act as a virtual package (replacing x-www-browser) in all contexts,
not just the dependency list of gnome-core.
The statement was that it would be confusing for, say, debian-goodies
to suggest gnome-www-browser.
Perhaps the developers should consider a different virtual package name
which omits the "x-" part and also the "gnome-" part. Maybe something
like gui-www-browser. But this isn't my area of expertise, so feel free
to ignore my suggestion if it's unsuitable.
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