[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#316549: Please consider as 'time-daemon' alternative

[Dererk]

Helo!

It's been some time since this bug/wishlist was filed, and since then
more packages have to workaround the situation in which 'ntp' package is
not part of the time-daemon virtual package by adding 'ntp |
time-daemon', instead of just Depending/Recommending/Sugesting the
'time-daemon' virtual package.

A quick reverse dependency package lists tell me that all this packages
have to unnecessarily require to depend on both ntp *and* time-daemon,
instead of just depending on 'time-daemon' as it would be expected:

aiccu
openafs-fileserver
slony1-bin


I might be wrong, but I consider the policy is quite straight forward in
this case as , and it's even specified on Debian's virtual-package list:
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt

System
------
[snip]
 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
 system-log-daemon       a daemon that provides a logging facility for
other applications
 time-daemon             anything that serves as a time daemon


Besides that, all of this packages have a possible exclusive-unwanted
Dependency/Recommendation/Suggestion on just 'ntp', requiring for an
specific software instead of asking for the provision of a service
through the virtual package 'time-daemon', as specified on the Debian
Policy 3.6: 'All packages should use virtual package names where
appropriate, and arrange to create new ones if necessary'.

switzerland
predict
predict-gsat
jffnms
hobbit-plugins
gnumed-client
gnome-system-tools
dovecot-common
education-networked
education-main-server
dancer-ircd
tucnak2
ltsp-client
ltsp-client-core



Please consider 'ntp' as a candidate for providing 'time-daemon'.


Greetings,

Dererk

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