AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES February 2001 Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently in-use or proposed and not objected to. Please check the list below for things relevant to your packages. New packages MUST use virtual package names where appropriate (this includes making new ones - read on). Packages MUST NOT use virtual package names (except privately, amongst a cooperating group of packages) unless they have been agreed upon and appear in this list. The latest version of this file can be found in doc/package-developer/virtual-package-names-list.text on your local Debian FTP site. The procedure for updating the list is as follows: 1. Post to debian-devel saying what names you intend to use or what other changes you wish to make, and file a wish list bug against the package debian-policy. 2. Wait a few days for comment (some of the comments may be on the debian-policy list, if you are not subscribed, ask for mail to be CC'd to you). 3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (which is the Debian Policy list ) notifying them of the consensus reached (or your suggestions if noone objected). Please update the bug report at the same time (retitling the bug to [ACCEPTED] .... Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s) for the list. The list maintainer will then post the new list to debian-devel and upload it to the FTP site. 4. Go and use the new or changed names. Manoj (based on earlier versions by Warwick and Ian Jackson and Chris Schwarz) Now, the list: X Window System --------------- x-terminal-emulator any X client which emulates a terminal with a terminfo description in the ncurses-base package x-window-manager any X client which provides window management services xserver any X server that (directly or indirectly) manages physical input and display hardware Miscellaneous ------------- [Those marked with a (*) are handled using the alternatives mechanism; others may do so as well.] awk Anything providing suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} (*) c-compiler Anything providing a C compiler c-shell Anything providing a suitable /bin/csh (*) dotfile-module Anything that provides a module for the Dotfile Generator emacsen Anything providing the GNU emacs or a compatible editor fortran77-compiler Anything providing a Fortran77 compiler ftp-server Any ftp server httpd Any HTTP server ident-server Anything providing an identd daemon info-browser Something that can browse GNU Info files ispell-dictionary Anything providing a dictionary for the ispell system kernel-headers Kernel header files (, ) kernel-image Kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules) kernel-source Kernel source code linux-kernel-log-daemon A daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel lambdamoo-core A lambdamoo-compatible datebase package lambdamoo-server Anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core libc-dev Anything that provides header and object files of `libc' man-browser Anything that can read man pages pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files postscript-preview Any preprocessor that creates Postscript output postscript-viewer Anything that can display Postscript files rsh-client Any package that provides an rsh client rsh-server Any package that provides an rsh server system-log-daemon A daemon that provides a logging facility for other applications tclsh Anything that provides /usr/bin/tclsh (*) telnet-client Any package that provides a telnet client telnet-server Any package that provides a telnet server time-daemon Anything that servers as a time daemon ups-monitor Anything that is capable of controlling an UPS wish Anything that provides /usr/bin/wish (*) wordlist Anything that provides /usr/share/dict/words (*) www-browser Something that can browse html files News and Mail ------------- imap-client Any mail reader capable of accessing remote mail folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine) imap-server Any IMAP mail server mail-reader Mail user agents (Pine, Elm, mailx, &c) mail-transport-agent Mail transport agents (Smail, Sendmail, &c) news-reader Any news reader (trn, tin, &c) news-transport-system Local news system (INN, C News or B News) pgp A version of PGP (International or US) pop3-server Any POP3 Server Graphics and MultiMedia ----------------------- mp3-encoder Any MP3 encoder package mp3-decoder Any MP3 decoder package Old and obsolete virtual package names -------------------------------------- Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use these virtual package names. [There are currently no such package names in use] Changelog --------- Ian Jackson: 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision. Andrew Howell: 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser. Manoj Srivastava 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file Warwick Harvey: 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for updating list 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server} 8 Aug 1996 Added editor 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago) Christian Schwarz 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list 5 May 1997 Added wordlist 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter, tk-interpreter 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries, compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6 Added new section about obsolete names 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish' 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core, lambdamoo-server 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs' Manoj Srivastava 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server Julian Gilbey 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary Added man-browser Added ident-server Alphabeticised lists Manoj Srivastava 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator Added x-window-manager Added xserver Added linux-kernel-log-daemon Added system-log-faemon Manoj Srivastava 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder Added mp3-decoder Added time-daemon Added rsh-client Added telnet-client Manoj Srivastava 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server Added telnet-server Julian Gilbey 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so Removed xcompat virtual package names