Hi all,assuming this request falls under Debian Policy, Section 3.6 [1]... So, here comes a request for feedback on the below. (Thanks!)
Also, its (sec 3.6) exception ("except privately, amongst a cooperating group of packages") might apply here. If so, please let me know.
The context...Guido Berhörster identified a hen-and-egg problem with the debian-edu-artwork src:pkg described in #1054338 [2].
There is now a solution at hand [3a,b] that introduces a virtual package of the name "debian-edu-artwork" and all known artwork theme packages "debian-edu-artwork-<foo>" will have a `Provides: debian-edu-artwork` in their d/control file.
Currently, there are two src:pkgs known that will provide "debian-edu-artwork" (debian-edu-artwork src:pkg and debian-edu-artwork-legacy src:pkg).
So, this basically seems like a small set of private src:pkgs to me, all maintained by the same team ([email protected]).
Q1: Does this `Provides: debian-edu-artwork` addition to the theme pkgs require debian-edu-artwork to be added to the authoritative list of virtual package names [4]?
Q2: If it is required to add it, does anyone object? Thanks for your feedback! Mike [1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s-virtual-pkg [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1054338 [3a] https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-artwork/-/merge_requests/8[3b] https://salsa.debian.org/debian-edu/debian-edu-artwork/-/merge_requests/8#note_801754 [4] https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.yaml
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