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

From	Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling Chromium)
Date	2021-07-21 13:50 +0200
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	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 gnome-www-browser virtual package would fit such
> > > > role perfectly. I mean, if GNOME DE has some special requirement for a
> > > > browser, and Debian already has such aptly named virtual package -
> > > > surely it can be considered as a suitable dependency?
> > > 
> > > It'd be confusing for people not using GNOME.
> > 
> > I lost you here.
> 
> 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 list of gnome-core.
> 
> The statement was that it would be confusing for, say, debian-goodies
> to suggest gnome-www-browser.

I see, thank you.

Reco

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Uninstalling Chromium andrehpb@gmail.com - 2021-07-20 20:00 +0200
  Re: Uninstalling Chromium Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-20 20:00 +0200
    Re: Uninstalling Chromium Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2021-07-20 22:20 +0200
      Re: Uninstalling Chromium Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-20 22:40 +0200
        Re: Uninstalling Chromium Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-20 23:10 +0200
          Re: Uninstalling Chromium Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2021-07-20 23:30 +0200
      Re: Uninstalling Chromium Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-07-21 11:40 +0200
        Re: Uninstalling Chromium Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 12:40 +0200
          virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-07-21 12:50 +0200
            Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 13:10 +0200
              Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-21 13:40 +0200
                Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 13:50 +0200
                Re: virtual package names for web browsers (was Re: Uninstalling  Chromium) Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land> - 2021-07-21 18:10 +0200

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