Hi all, I propose a new field in the control file of .DEB packages and want to know what you think about it.
In the "control.tar.gz" file of every .DEB archive is the file "control". There are fields for the package name, the dependencies etc. My REQUEST is to add a field called "Development-Package". Every library package should have the field "Development-Package" set to the corresponding package name. For example package "libc6" will have set: "Development-Package: libc6-dev" So the package manager can examine all installed packages and will collect the data of the field: "Development-Package" Then the package manager may ask the user if he wants to install all these packages in one turn ... ... quite useful for all software developers and from-source-installing geeks :-) I'm looking forward to reading your reply Regards Gerold -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
