For "generic" interface-based dependencies, that's tougher.
This is a problem with a few ecosystems. OTH rpms, debs and Java OSGI... and may be a few more. We need to survey these to find if we can solve that and if this is a PURL problem at all.
Can I rope you in and interest you in filing an issue in the spec so we can move the discussion there? :P This would be great.
This is a problem with a few ecosystems. OTH rpms, debs and Java OSGI... and may be a few more. We need to survey these to find if we can solve that and if this is a PURL problem at all.
Can I rope you in and interest you in filing an issue in the spec so we can move the discussion there? :P This would be great.
https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec/issues/