Bug#364475: xorg: replace Depends: "xterm" with "xterm | x-terminal-emulator"
On 2006-04-23 René van Bevern <rvb@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: xorg
> Severity: wishlist
> Version: 1:7.0.14
> The xorg metapackage currently depends on xterm. Could the dependency
> on xterm please be replaced by a dependency on "xterm |
> x-terminal-emulator"? This would give users the convenience of
> installing X.Org via the "xorg" package without needing to install
> "xterm" but a terminal emulator of their choice,
> e.g. rxvt-unicode.
> Previously, "x-window-system-core" provided this functionality, which
> is now provided by "xorg".
Hello,
As the former x-window-system-core and xorg are identical (except for
the additional xterm dependency, which imho really should allow
alternatives) and as the name x-window-system-core is generic (it is
not named "xfree86") I wonder whether the xorg package should not
simply be dropped in favour of x-window-system-core.
There are currently no reverse depencies on xorg (except
x-window-system-*) in Debian so it *still* could be done without pain.
cu andreas
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