a) remove alarmclock from MP a.1) maybe introduce a dependency to a "PROVIDES: alarmclockfunction" to MP b) create a wrapper mini-"meta"package "Nokia-alarmclock" that simply "DEPENDS (stock, Nokia) alarmclock", and "PROVIDES: alarmclockfunction" - this is needed since HAM doesn't see the original alarmclock package, it's in group system. c) create a (real, with binary) package "FOSS-alarmclock" that also "PROVIDES "alarmclockfunction" ... BTW my explanation above is slightly simplified and thus might have a few flaws, but we discussed all this first time ~18 months ago and over and over again since, and I think merlin1991 knows some more details of how to handle it. There's also a chanlog of a public discussion on a CSSU meeting back when, where we agreed on basically exactly this solution (after thoroughly pondering how to best tackle the whole issue.