On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:34:20PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Wed, 2019-03-27 at 22:52 +0000, vincent.mcint...@csiro.au wrote: > [...] > > I agree with everything you've said about this text but as regards > > the patch I think some mention of tracking packages should be kept. > > Something like: > > > > One class of dummy package that are not intended to be removed > > are <quote>tracking</quote> packages, which are used to keep > > track of the current available version of a program over time. > > A common case is <literal>linux-image-</literal>-&architecture;. > > Why do you want to introduce the term "tracking package" when we > already have the term "metapackage"?
That was the term I was looking for, thank you. > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. > It's the only way to be sure. > > --
