autoremoval of deps for some metapackage section packages

[Scott Kitterman]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:39:42 +0100 Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>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">

Second, but I do not currently have bzr access (email only at best for the 
next week) so someone else will need to commit it.

Scott K