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| From | John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome |
| Date | 2018-11-09 03:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <wS4yR-2Ni-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <wRaZI-2Nl-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <wRyfD-8l9-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <wRHLX-5Dq-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <wRUSR-5hJ-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <wRV2x-5As-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | BunsenLabs |
On 09/11/2018 00.59, Reco wrote: > On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 03:53:54PM +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 10:53:01AM +0900, John Crawley wrote: >>> www-browser and x-www-browser being different things, this would be a bug in the LXDE metapackage? >> >> It is indeed, yes,* but what's the fix: what should the metapackage >> actually depend upon, given x-www-browser virtual package does not exist >> yet? >> >> * or arguably whichever concrete lxde package actually contains the >> shortcut definition > > lxde-core depends on www-browser already (Suggests, actually, but that's > irrelevant). So it might as well depend on this to-be-done > x-www-browser. Can a package depend on a non-existant virtual package? Is x-www-browser due to be added to the official Debian virtual package list? ( https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt Items in that list which are also Debian alternatives should be marked with a * but some have been missed. ) At the moment www-browser is a virtual package, but not a registered Debian alternative, while x-www-browser is an alternative but not a VP. :| I suppose a workaround for the LXDE package would be to depend on/recommend/suggest any of a list of usable X browsers, like: Suggests: firefox | firefox-esr | chromium ... The choice of safe possibilities for that list might be quite limited. BTW if a package ships a .desktop file evoking x-www-browser, is it not obliged to Depend on (rather than Recommend/Suggest) a package which provides that alternative? Or would a TryExec field in the .desktop file be enough to cover it? -- John
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Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome David Parker <dparker@utica.edu> - 2018-11-05 18:00 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-05 18:10 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-05 18:10 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome David Parker <dparker@utica.edu> - 2018-11-05 20:30 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-05 20:40 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-11-05 20:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-11-06 03:20 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-06 13:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-06 16:00 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-07 16:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-11-08 03:00 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-08 17:00 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-08 17:10 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-11-09 03:20 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-09 12:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-09 12:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-11-26 10:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 03:10 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-11-06 09:50 +0100
Re: Removing firefox-esr also removes gnome Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 20:10 +0100
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