* "David" == David Coe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David> I don't know (yet) what the other -task packages have done, but David> I'd suggest we have it Suggests: rather than Depends: on the David> various documentation pacakges.
The problem is, that the boot-floppies will directly use apt-get, and apt-get only reads the Depends: line. Of cause, it is another thing if the user uses dselect later. Unfortunately, there is no better solution, therefore the Depends:. One has to deinstall the task package to remove any of the packages. David> Also, there's a typo (missing space) in "python-mxtoolspython-pmw," I see, thanks. David> If no one else wants to take this, I'll take it (I'm an avid David> Python fan, so would pay attention to new python packages as David> they are released anyway); but I'm not a "sanctioned" developer David> yet -- I suspect my mentor (Tony Mancill) wouldn't object. If Tony doen't have time, I also can do the uploads. The main concern is, that someone who uses python does the semantics for the package, like removing a obscure lib I added, adding a README file mentioning the debian-python list and such. David> If someone else wants it, fine with me. Whoever takes this, just upload to incoming as a usual package. You may want to use equivs (equivs-build <controlfile>) to transform the controlfile into a package to start with. I also ask the person who finally takes this to contact me, so I can keep track of it. Ciao, Martin