Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] PROPERTIES=virtual for meta-packages (clarification of definition)

[Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>]

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Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:06:35 -0700
> Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>>> So are all zero-install-cost metapackages virtuals now? What about,
>>> for instance, kde-base/kde?
>> Looking at the dependencies of kde-base/kde, it seems like it would
>> be eligible to exhibit the "virtual" property. Perhaps it wouldn't
>> be very useful in this particular case, but it doesn't seem like it
>> would hurt anything either. So, I think it's probably fine to keep
>> the definition as it is and allow things like kde-base/kde to
>> exhibit the "virtual" property.
> 
> Then change the name. Call it "zero-install-cost".

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.
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Thanks,
Zac
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