autoremoval of deps for some metapackage section packages

[Colin Watson]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 04:32:54PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 08:24:28AM -0700, Jordan Mantha wrote:
> > One thing we probably should do anyway, is document somewhere,
> > Ubuntu Policy perhaps, that packages in the metapackage section are
> > treated differently by APT and how so.
> 
> I'll propose a policy amendment for this shortly.

I hereby propose the following policy amendment. Seconds or objections?

=== modified file 'policy.sgml'
--- policy.sgml	2008-09-16 15:44:15 +0000
+++ policy.sgml	2008-09-19 17:36:08 +0000
@@ -759,6 +759,15 @@
 	  <em>sound</em>, <em>tex</em>, <em>text</em>,
 	  <em>utils</em>, <em>web</em>, <em>x11</em>.
 	</p>
+
+	<p>
+	  Ubuntu: The <em>metapackages</em> section exists for the benefit
+	  of package management tools.  When removing a package in that
+	  section, its dependencies will not be automatically considered for
+	  removal by tools which track the distinction between packages that
+	  were installed explicitly and packages that were only installed to
+	  satisfy dependencies.
+	</p>
       </sect>
 
       <sect id="priorities">

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]
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