Hi Sean, On Fr 04 Sep 2026 16:45:07 CEST, Sean Whitton wrote:
Mike Gabriel [02/Sep 8:24pm GMT] wrote: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]?I don't think it's needed, given it's just two packages under the same team. -- Sean Whitton
Thanks for the feedback! Mike -- mike gabriel aka sunweaver (Debian Developer) mobile: +49 (1520) 1976 148 landline: +49 (4351) 486 14 27 GnuPG Fingerprint: 9BFB AEE8 6C0A A5FF BF22 0782 9AF4 6B30 2577 1B31 mail: [email protected], http://sunweavers.net
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