X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=best-pkging-practices.dbk;h=bd2270b6aa106d6c71f2f100a32dd500c60d1306;hb=f7c28267a332a4043fa6f1e8149b4fd98ec26da9;hp=8b03c4771eeabd5950f8cb180f4ce88d0001df11;hpb=7b6908b7523a7a9d36ee0ee7eb9e8a2d27b8f83a;p=developers-reference.git diff --git a/best-pkging-practices.dbk b/best-pkging-practices.dbk index 8b03c47..bd2270b 100644 --- a/best-pkging-practices.dbk +++ b/best-pkging-practices.dbk @@ -1912,13 +1912,13 @@ coherent set of packages that can evolve over time. It achieves this by depending on all the packages of the set. Thanks to the power of APT, the meta-package maintainer can adjust the dependencies and the user's system will automatically get the supplementary packages. The dropped packages -that were automaticaly installed will be also be marked as removal +that were automatically installed will be also be marked as removal candidates (and are even automatically removed by aptitude). gnome and linux-image-amd64 are two examples of meta-packages (built by the source packages meta-gnome2 and -linux-latest) +linux-latest). The long description of the meta-package must clearly document its purpose