On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 07:51:22PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Fernando Lemos <fernando...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Cool. I thought of something like: > > > <virtual package name> icon theme compliant to the > > freedesktop.org Icon Naming Specification > > Looks fine to me. > > > As for the package name itself, I like fdo-icon-theme. Would that be too > > specific? I wonder if something more generic like desktop-icon-theme > > would be more appropriate. > > I like embedding the standard to which it complies in the name. We may > end up with some other standard in the future, in which case we may want > another virtual package. > > > Since there has been no discussion in debian-devel, I found it > > unnecessary to summarize the outcome of the discussion here. So, if > > there's any questions about the proposal or the brief debian-desktop > > discussion, please let me know and I'll try to clear it up. > > Nope, I think we're good. > > We don't have a real formal policy for adding virtual package names, but > for the record I second this, and am happy to see others who have reviewed > it second it. (Failing seconds, I'll probably make this change anyway for > the next release if there are no actual objections.)
On the other hand, it is always helpful for the policy editor when a second concerned developer read the proposal and second it. This allow to avoid typos and other minor errors that the editor is not in the best position to catch. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
