reassign 40742 debian-policy retitle 40742 proposal: a new virtual package for FTP servers thanks
On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 08:34:27PM -0400, Johnie Ingram wrote: > Josip> Conflicts: wu-ftpd (<< 2.5) > Josip> > Josip> Why? Because I just uploaded wu-ftpd 2.5.0, and they share no > Josip> files :) > > Actually they conflict not because they share files, but because both > try to be 'the' ftp server on the box. We need either a virtual > 'ftpd' package, or a policy to allow all ftp servers to be installed > without conflicting. (Not sure how that would work; the http servers > conflict). I can understand that, they can't all be on the 21st port... So, I'm now reassigning this bug to debian-policy, and proposing that a new virtual package be registered on the official virtual packages list. The proper name would be 'ftp-server', because IIRC there is a package called ftpd already. I guess this is not a "proper" way to get something into the policy, but I really don't think we should worry about the procedure. Instead, let's get this implemented, and simply fix the problem. -- enJoy -*/\*- spelled 'iosip', or simply 'joseph'
