-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:06:35 -0700 > Zac Medico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >>> So are all zero-install-cost metapackages virtuals now? What about, >>> for instance, kde-base/kde? >> Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would >> be eligible to exhibit the "virtual" property. Perhaps it wouldn't >> be very useful in this particular case, but it doesn't seem like it >> would hurt anything either. So, I think it's probably fine to keep >> the definition as it is and allow things like kde-base/kde to >> exhibit the "virtual" property. > > Then change the name. Call it "zero-install-cost".
I'm inclined toward "virtual" since it's more brief and I think it might strike a chord with more people because of their familiarity with the "virtual" category and old-style PROVIDE virtuals. We'll have to see what others have to say. - -- Thanks, Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkizCcAACgkQ/ejvha5XGaO2WQCcCtL56YFoyBxNz5XUvPuJ/EMq GQsAoMLMDEk1Yd9N86SQUM1A92hntjFE =hwz3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
