[Pkg-freedict-devel] Re: debian-policy: New virtual package: dict-freedict

[Tatsuya Kinoshita]

On March 4, 2007 at 3:20PM +0200,
kebil (at kaunas.init.lt) wrote:

> Package: debian-policy
> Priority: wishlist
>
> Hi all,
>
> I recommend to add the virtual package "dict-freedict" to the virtual
> package list. When I adopted the orphaned 'freedict' debian package,
> I have replaced the 'dict-freedict' meta package with the 'dict-freedict'
> virtual package (as was suggested in #205417). Now the package, which
> requires at least one dictionary may depend on this virtual package,
> and user not need to to install all dictionaries. So, this virtual
> package actually exists since 14 Aug 2005. See:
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/virtual/dict-freedict
>
> Now the dict-servers (dictd, serpento) and dict-clients (dict, kdict,
> opendict, ...) may to add this virtual package to the Recommends or
> Suggests fields in the debian/control files (as it is in the package
> 'latrine' a long time since).
>
> I propose to include the such entry to the virtual package list:
>
> dict-freedict - a FreeDict dictionary, formatted for the dictionary
>                 server and client which uses the DICT Protocol.

This virtual package is privately, amongst a cooperating group of
packages, so adding it to the virtual package list is unnecessary,
I think.

BTW, I recommend to add a virtual package for a dictionary package
which provides /usr/share/dictd/{*.index,*.dict*}, such as
dict-freedict*, dict-gcide, dict-wn, dict-jargon, dict-foldoc,
dict-vera, and so on.

 dictd-dict              a dictionary formatted for the dictd dictionary server

The dictd package and other servers/clients may simply suggest it.

--
Tatsuya Kinoshita
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