Bug#53700: bogosity in editor/pager discussion
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.1.1.1
Section 5.4 of Policy says:
> Since the Debian base system already provides an editor and a pager
> program, there is no need for a package to depend on `editor' and
> `pager', nor is it necessary for a package to provide such virtual
> packages.
I believe that this reasoning is incorrect. Just because a package is in
the base system, it doesn't mean it need not be depended upon. The author
seems to have confused "base" and "Essential" (on which I believe
dependencies are un-necessary). I feel that the correct fix for this is
to add new virtual packages for "editor" and "pager", but that'd be a lot
of work, so just removing the justification from that sentence might be
better.
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Ben Harris
Unix Support, University of Cambridge Computing Service.
E-mail: bjh21@cam.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1223 334728 Fax: +44 (0)1223 334679
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