Package: iso-codes Severity: wishlist Version: 3.75-1 X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
I've been thinking about technical solutions to help the country list bug[1] and the following possibility came to mind: - define a virtual package with a name like "country-codes" - src:iso-codes could be split into multiple binary packages, one would be called iso-country-codes - package the GENC[2] list as genc-country-codes - both the iso-country-codes package and the genc-country-codes package could provide the virtual country-codes so only one can be installed Would other packages that depend on iso-codes be comfortable using GENC if it was installed this way? As an alternative, maybe both lists (ISO-3166 and GENC) could be installed concurrently and the alternatives[3] mechanism could be used to switch between them? For the Debian Installer[4], maybe the installer can ask the user to choose "Do you want to use ISO-3166 or GENC or load a custom country list from a USB stick?". 1. https://bugs.debian.org/872867 2. https://nsgreg.nga.mil/doc/view?i=2500 3. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives 4. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller