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From: David Leverton <levertond@googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)
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On Monday 25 August 2008 20:36:34 Zac Medico wrote:
> > Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would
> >> be eligible to exhibit the "virtual" property.
>
> I'm inclined toward "virtual" since it's more brief and I think it
> might strike a chord with more people because of their familiarity
> with the "virtual" category and old-style PROVIDE virtuals. We'll
> have to see what others have to say.

kde-base/kde isn't like a new- or old-style virtual.  If you want it to be 
used for metapackages and things too, calling it "virtual" would be 
confusing.