[Pkg-tcltk-commits] r348 - policy/trunk

[frankie at alioth.debian.org]

Author: frankie
Date: 2007-10-21 08:51:45 +0000 (Sun, 21 Oct 2007)
New Revision: 348

Modified:
   policy/trunk/tcltk-policy.sgml
Log:
Some changes about dependencies on virtual/default packages


Modified: policy/trunk/tcltk-policy.sgml
===================================================================
--- policy/trunk/tcltk-policy.sgml	2007-10-20 20:58:48 UTC (rev 347)
+++ policy/trunk/tcltk-policy.sgml	2007-10-21 08:51:45 UTC (rev 348)
@@ -332,8 +332,13 @@
 	  &tcl; (>= &XY;) | &tclsh; or &tk; (>= &XY;) | &wish; (version in parentheses is optional).
 	  If the package works with current and future Tcl/Tk versions it should depend on
 	  the default packages &tcl; or &tk;.
-	  It isn't recommended to use dependency on virtual packages &tclsh; and &wish; only
-	  because it would make transition to a newer default Tcl/Tk version less convenient.
+	  It is not recommended to use dependency on virtual packages &tclsh; and &wish; 
+	  because it would make transition to a newer default Tcl/Tk version less convenient,
+	  and because they cannot be used to express any versioning constraints (strict or relaxed).
+	  In one cases they still could be useful: an administrator could be interested in not installing
+	  the default Tcl/Tk versions and use a local package or some older version instead. The administrator
+	  can do that at his/her own risk, due to the missing version control, and in the hypothesis
+	  that modules and extensions are able to manage nicely unexpected versions.
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       </sect>