On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:19:38 -0700 Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Isn't that another, ugly, non-PMS hack which makes people think they > > are creating correct packages? > > Are you saying that you'd prefer to have package managers pull in > redundant packages for not good reason?
No, package managers should get things right regardless of whether something is in the 'virtual/' category or not. If they can't get things right, then we need to supply them with more data. And most importantly, you need to stop adding in short-sighted hacks to 'fix' one bug at the expense of consistency and quality. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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