Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread mick crane
On 2021-07-21 12:05, Reco wrote: As always, any attempt on improving Debian is welcome, regardless of the outcome. It's not like Debian needs an improvement IMO, but nevertheless. Personally I liked it when it was files and documentation. The internet distribution of things is obviously

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 07:36:09AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: The goalposts were moved in the text that was omitted up there. "Such a role" refers to the hypothetical generic use of gnome-www-browser to act as a virtual package (replacing x-www-browser) in all contexts, not just the dependency

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 07:36:09AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:05:10PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > > One would think that

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 02:05:10PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > > One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such > > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE

Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)

2021-07-21 Thread Reco
On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 11:45:07AM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:34:50PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > One would think that gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE has some special requirement for a > > browser, and Debian