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Hi there, |
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I'd like to get an update from the committers on our virtual packages. Here's |
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a list of all the ones currently being used on Portage, along with commentary. |
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As far as I know, the following four virtuals were for the now defunct sys-build |
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tree and will be eliminated in the near future (Achim -- is this correct?) |
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virtual/glibc |
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virtual/bash |
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virtual/flex |
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virtual/bison |
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This next one is used so that users don't need to install all the languages that |
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come with KDE: |
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virtual/kde-i18n |
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The next one is used to mean "a printing system of some kind". I'm a bit iffy on |
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this one, because different printing systems (CUPS,lprng,lpr) work very differently. |
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Whether a package is compatible with a printing system is most likely going to be |
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package-specific. Does it make sense to remove it? |
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virtual/lpr |
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virtual/python is used for static python and dynamic python. This is OK, since they |
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both provide python interpreter functionality |
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virtual/python |
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This next one is OK |
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virtual/x11-web-browser |
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AFAIK, virtual/mta is used more as a protective measure against multiple mta installs |
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virtual/mta |
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OK, what's virtual/alsa for. Something to do with ALSA, but what? Is our kernel package |
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supposed to provide this? |
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virtual/alsa |
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And... virtual/kernel should be removed. Right now, linux-sources and linux are providing |
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this package, but linux-sources _doesn't include a kernel!_. So I don't think this |
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one is necessary. |
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virtual/kernel |
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-- |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |