[ISSUE] [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

[ISSUE] [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

[paper42]

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New issue by paper42 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/39272

Description:
Every transitional package has at least these 3 common variables:
* `build_style=meta` - otherwise the build would fail because of an empty package
* `depends=...` - usually `${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}`, but often `${version}_${revision}` is left out or `${sourcepkg}` is replaced by something else, for example `${sourcepkg}-devel` 
* `short_desc+=" transitional package"` or an equivalent, many versions currently exist in packages

a few examples:
```
antimicro_package() {                                                           
	build_style=meta                                                            
	depends="${sourcepkg}"                                                      
	short_desc+=" - transitional dummy package"                                 
}    
```

```
Gifsicle_package() {
	depends="gifsicle"
	short_desc+=" (transitional dummy package)"
	build_style=meta
}
```

This is a proposal for a vdummy function that fills these variables for the packager, for example:

```
antimicro_package() {
	vdummy ${sourcepkg}
}
```

`vdummy` should take one argument - the package name and use it in `$depends` - `depends="$1>=${version}_${revision}"`. `vdummy` will also unify `$short_desc` for transitional packages, I would propose to use the ` - (transitional dummy package)` style.

Re: [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

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New comment by classabbyamp on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/39272#issuecomment-1246003199

Comment:
I like this idea

Re: [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

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New comment by Anachron on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/39272#issuecomment-1246692394

Comment:
I am not against it, but what problem does this actually `solve`?
This looks like a solution to a non-existing problem to me. 

Re: [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

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New comment by paper42 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/39272#issuecomment-1247379266

Comment:
* it's shorter and cleaner
* unifies the short_desc style
* makes sure the $depends version restriction is always the same
* it's a good practice to do things like this - if we for example wanted to add transitional=yes (that would tell xbps to mark this package as automatically installed and mark all $depends as manually installed) to every transitional package, we can easily do it in one place instead of figuring out which packages are transitional and changing it in hundreds of places.

Re: [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

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New comment by paper42 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/39272#issuecomment-1247379266

Comment:
* it's shorter and cleaner, I don't have to remember all 3 variables and what's usually in them
* unifies the short_desc style
* makes sure the $depends version restriction is always the same
* it's a good practice to do things like this - if we for example wanted to add transitional=yes (that would tell xbps to mark this package as automatically installed and mark all $depends as manually installed) to every transitional package, we can easily do it in one place instead of figuring out which packages are transitional and changing it in hundreds of places.

Re: [RFC]: vdummy shortcut for transitional packages

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New comment by github-actions[bot] on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/39272#issuecomment-1350243775

Comment:
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