AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES Apr 1998, 14 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. Chris. (based on earlier version by Warwick and Ian Jackson) Now, the list: X Windows --------- xserver Any X server (used by other X packages) Miscellaneous ------------- libc.so.4 An a.out shared C library, version 4.x.x. info-browser Something that can browser GNU Info files kernel-source Kernel source code kernel-headers Kernel header files (, ) kernel-image Kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules) httpd Any HTTP server postscript-viewer Anything that can display Postscript files postscript-preview Any preprocessor that creates Postscript output www-browser Something that can browse html files awk Anything providing suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} c-shell Anything providing a suitable /usr/bin/csh pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output wordlist Anything that provides /usr/dict/words dotfile-module Anything that provides a module for the Dotfile Generator ups-monitor Anything that is capable of controlling an UPS tclsh Anything that provides /usr/bin/tclsh wish Anything that provides /usr/bin/wish c-compiler Anything providing a C compiler fortran77-compiler Anything providing a Fortran77 compiler 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' emacsen Anything providing the GNU emacs or a compatible editor ftp-server Any ftp server News and Mail ------------- mail-transport-agent Mail transport agents (Smail, Sendmail, &c) mail-reader Mail user agents (Pine, Elm, mailx, &c) news-transport-system Local news system (INN, C News or B News) news-reader Any news reader (trn, tin, &c) pgp A version of PGP (International or US) imap-client Any mail reader capable of accessing remote mail folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine) imap-server Any IMAP mail server pop3-server Any POP3 Server Old and obsolete virtual package names -------------------------------------- Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use these virtual package names. X11R5 provided by xcompat for compatibility reasons xr5shlib do. aout-x11r6lib do. X11R6 do. 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