Bug#53758: [PROPOSED] Policy for "x-window-manager" virtual package and alternative
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.1.1.1
Severity: wishlist
Documents current practice.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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--- policy.sgml.orig Wed Dec 29 17:01:51 1999
+++ policy.sgml Thu Dec 30 12:39:50 1999
@@ -3140,6 +3140,27 @@
without) of your package.</p>
<p>
+ <em>Packages that provide window managers</em> should declare in
+ their contol data that they provide the virtual package
+ <tt>x-window-manager</tt>. They should also register themselves as an
+ alternative for <tt>/usr/bin/x-window-manager</tt>, with a priority
+ calculated as follows:
+ <list>
+ <item>Start with a priority of 20.</item>
+ <item>If the window manager supports the Debian menu system,
+ add 20 points if this support is available in the package's
+ default configuration (i.e., no configuration files belonging
+ to the system or user have to be edited to activate the
+ feature); if configuration files must be modified, add only 10
+ points.</item>
+ <item>If the window manager permits the X session to be
+ restarted using a <em>different</em> window manager (without
+ killing the X server) in its default configuration, add 10 points;
+ otherwise add none.</item>
+ </list>
+ </p>
+ <p>
<em>Application defaults</em> files have to be installed in
the directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>.
They are considered as part of the program code. Thus, they
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