On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 12:13:47PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote: > On 04-Oct-00, 14:27 (CDT), Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: > > So I wonder if changing it to something more like: > > 'important': things that will be on *every* system, except *very* > > specialised ones > > 'standard': everything that might reasonably appear in an "off the > > shelf" install > > 'optional': everything else that doesn't conflict with anything above > > 'extra': anything rare, or conflicting with optional or higher packages > If we're going to mess with priorities, this would be the time to > introduce the new priority between standard and optional: > > preferred: The Debian preferred implementation of a common service that > has multiple implementations (e.g. webservers, SMTP, mp3 players, etc.)
Couldn't that just go in standard under the above? (I presume the "preferred" mp3 encoder/player would be brough in by a task-annoy-the-riaa package or similar). What if we have multiple "preferred" packages that don't conflict (mp3 players, mail readers, editors, ...)? Is that a problem? I don't think it really is, personally. Packages that conflict (webservers and mta's) have to all be in extra, bar one anyway. Well, they're meant to be anyway. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``We reject: kings, presidents, and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and working code.'' -- Dave Clark
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