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Dear Simon,

On Thu 04 Aug 2016 at 01:43PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:

>> Other options
>> =============
> ...
>> * Add a real (non-virtual) empty package dbus-session-bus built by src:dbus,
>>   with Depends: dbus-user-session | dbus-x11 (initially). Other packages
>>   depend on dbus-session-bus.
>>   (Pro: simpler dependency graph. Con: requires NEW queue.)
>
> Another advantage of this option (which it shares with the others that do not
> use a default-d-s-b virtual package) is that it avoids ambiguity if apt
> is configured to see more than one suite (perhaps unstable and testing, or
> testing and stable-security) and the package providing default-d-s-b differs
> between those suites.
>
> If the scheme involving two virtual packages is preferred over this
> option, I would very much appreciate someone who knows about these things
> describing why, because it isn't currently clear to me.

I note that no such binary package exists right now.  Does this issue
remain unresolved?  I also note recent discussion on d-devel.  Kindly
update this bug with the present state of play.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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