Open johntyree opened 8 years ago
We want to think about how to deal with packages that provide other packages or virtual packages.
Problems include situations like setuptools -> distribute -> setuptools or PIL -> pillow.
setuptools -> distribute -> setuptools
PIL -> pillow
Reference: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-virtual
We have a first try at a spec for this written out. It needs to be added to the docs.
We want to think about how to deal with packages that provide other packages or virtual packages.
Problems include situations like
setuptools -> distribute -> setuptools
orPIL -> pillow
.Reference: https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#s-virtual