Software Management call for RFEs

[Jan Zelený]

On 22. 5. 2013 at 16:55:50, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> On 05/22/2013 04:44 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-05-22 at 23:30 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> >> different set of dependent packages, leading to some sort of
> >> combinatorial explosion of QA.
> > 
> > Right now we have approximately seven zillion combinatorial explosions
> > of QA, so one more on the pile is not going to make much of an
> > appreciable difference...though it could spell all kinds of fun for
> > image composes, I suspect.
> > 
> > Still, I don't see how that's really worth doing instead of just using a
> > virtual provide. The OP's reasoning for not using a virtual provide
> > sounded rather specious to me. The two things are functionally
> > equivalent so far as I can see. Just different syntax.
> 
> I'll get more specific then:
> 
> python-pyface can use two different graphics backends - either wxPython or
> pyQt4.  In no way do these two packages provide the same thing in any
> meaningful way other than to pyface.  So, while one could go the provides
> route, it doesn't seem to make sense to me.  I suppose I could ask for:
> 
> Provides: pyface-backend
> 
> in both PyQt4 and wxPython.  Think that would make sense?

Yes :-)

Thanks
Jan