How about an XB-Meta-Package: dummy package field?

[Scott Ritchie]

On 2/13/13 10:43 PM, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Scott Ritchie [2013-02-13 22:35 -0800]:
>> We have (and will continue to have) many transitional dummy packages
>> with no content.  I see two main advantages to flagging them:
>>
>> 1) Lintian could be taught to warn about depending on them rather
>> than the "real" package
>> 2) Software center could refuse to display them even in the detailed view
>
> Don't we already have "Section: oldlibs" for that?
>
> Martin
>

I suppose we could keep using that, but are we telling lintian/software 
center to do the right things in this case?