ubuntu-desktop metapackage - options?

[Alec Wright]

On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 16:44 +0100, John Nilsson wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 11:25 +0200, Sami Haahtinen wrote:
> > Best option you have is to create a patched alternative
ubuntu-desktop
> > package with your own packages.
> 
> Why not just "depend" on virtual packages like "supported-mua"
> "supported-browser" and so on, and have packages like firefox provide
> supported-browser?
> 
> Regards,
> John
> 

I like that idea. What does everyone else think about this?