As I'm sure everyone knows, pure virtual entries in a Depends line are strongly deprecated, due to the fact that frontends have a tendency to pick a random provider of the package. What I'm not sure is if this is just "ugly" or actually considered a bug. In particular, I can't remember and would like to know:
(a) Is a pure virtual entry with no prior alternative in a Depends line an
actual bug? i.e., do we have a consensus on this?
(b) If the answer to (a) is "yes", is a pure virtual *Recommendation* a bug?
Rationale: Recommendations are intended to be installed by default, so
their fields should be just as friendly to automatic tools as Depends is.
Daniel
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