Hello, I'm new to this list, but I worked with Debian-based distros for a while. I don`t see any problem with your proposal, and I guess that a virtual packages as you and Paul suggests is the way to go.
If I can help with those changes, please let me know. 2012/3/4 Fernando Lemos <[email protected]> > Hello, > > After a brief discussion in debian-mentors[1], Paul Wise suggested > that we might need a virtual package for icon themes that adhere to > the FreeDesktop.org icon naming spec[2]. > > The problem I'm trying to solve is that packages currently need to > express dependency relations on any of a number of icon themes that > provide the necessary icons. As an example, the package arista depends > on: > > gnome-icon-theme | > gnome-icon-theme-gartoon | > gnome-icon-theme-nuovo | > gnome-icon-theme-yasis | > lxde-icon-theme | > moblin-icon-theme | > tango-icon-theme | > gnome-themes-more | > gnome-accessibility-themes > > This obviously doesn't scale well and it's fragile. By introducing a > virtual package (say, "freedesktop-icon-theme"), several packages > could be changed to simply depend on "gnome-icon-theme | > freedesktop-icon-theme". > > As instructed by Paul, I'd like to get started by asking for advice > here first. In a few days I intend to bring the discussion to > debian-devel and follow the instructions in the list of virtual > packages[3]. > > More specifically, the advice I'm looking for at the moment is: > > * Does anyone see any problems with using virtual packages for this? > > * Suggestions on how we should name the virtual package > > Paul suggested "fd-icon-theme" or "freedesktop-icon-theme". I'm okay > with either. > > Thoughts, suggestions? > > [1]: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/03/msg00055.html > [2]: > http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html > [3]: > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt > > Regards, > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/canvyna-d-cv7snzv08vjmu2xy+bs+a39m7gyanjk+7l8tmj...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Ronoaldo Pereira http://www.ronoaldo.net/
