[Mageia-dev] About dm

Sun Feb 19 17:45:14 CET 2012

andre999 a écrit :
+> Guillaume Rousse a écrit :
+>> Le 18/02/2012 01:28, andre999 a écrit :
+>>> Exactly. Let's document all virtual provides.
+>> Once again 'virtual provide' makes no sense, just because there is no 
+>> non-virtual provides (and in plain english, no provides at all, 
+>> because that's a verb, not a noun). They are virtual *packages*, by 
+>> opposition to actual packages, for which you can find a file with 
+>> same name.
+> True ;)
+> Just using a common phrase.
+> (BTW, a verb can be used as a noun in English, although that is more 
+> an exceptional usage.)
+> Since "provides" is the keyword used, it makes sense to me to use that 
+> in the reference.
+> Better to say something like "defined provides" or "explicit provides" ?
+>
+Thinking about it, "virtual provides" does make sense, if viewed in the 
+context of providing a package, rather than a function.
+Because although an explicitly defined "provides" indicates that the 
+package in question really does provide the functionality, it only 
+virtually provides the package that gives the functionality.
+Of course in some cases, the function isn't associated with a real 
+package, but rather a virtual package, so that would be virtually 
+providing a virtual package.
+Further, every package strictly provides itself, which can be seen as a 
+non-virtual provide.
+
+Another 2 cents :)
+
+-- 
+André
+
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