[Pkg-pascal-devel] Bug#1054343: add support for "apt install fp-units-win-rtl" instead of "apt install fp-units-win-rtl-3.2.2"

[Patrick Schleizer]

Package: fpc
Severity: wishlist

apt install fp-units-win-rtl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package fp-units-win-rtl

fp-units-win-rtl is a virtual package. It is provided by real package 
fp-units-win-rtl-3.2.2.

"apt install fp-units-win-rtl-3.2.2" is functional.

For declaring dependencies in debian/control or build scripts, "Depends: 
fp-units-win-rtl" with a generic name is much nicer than a version 
specific package name "fp-units-win-rtl-3.2.2".

In contrast, "apt install fp-units-win-fcl" is functional. It installs 
"fp-units-win-fcl-3.2.2".

So from my user perspective, package fp-units-win-fcl has a feature that 
fp-units-win-rtl lacks. For lack of better term that feature is "generic 
version installation ability".

Would it be appropriate to add this feature to fp-units-win-rtl too?

Kind regards,
Patrick