severity 329320 important
thanks

On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 01:19:08PM +0700, Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
> Package: nvidia-glx
> Version: 1.0.7174-4
> Severity: serious

> This package should not provide the xserver virtual package, because
> the package does not contain a complete X server. Installing just this
> package along with its dependencies is not enough; the user must
> install a package like xorg-common or xfree86-common to actually have
> a working X server.

This much is correct.  nvidia-glx does not contain an X server, it contains
only a module for use with one.

> The packages xfree86-common and xorg-common are really X servers, that's
> why they provide the xserver virtual package.

This is *not* correct, however.

In any case, while policy does speak of the xserver virtual package and its
intended use, this does not warrant a bug of release-critical severity.

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