[Pkg-mediawiki-devel] Bug#332727: mediawiki: cherokee not included in debconf, apache* dependency only

[Marc Dequènes (Duck)]

Coin,

<quote>
Most packages declare their dependency on 'apache | httpd', which
means "Any web server (but Apache is the first on the list)". Why?
Because that's what the maintainers have tested it against.
</quote>

This is WRONG. Apt _cannot_ guess which http server to install and needs
a default with a non-virtual package to be able to install if no real
package providing httpd is specified in the command line. So this is not
only a matter of taste, and noone is forced to use the default.

-- 
Marc Dequènes (Duck)
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