Bug#53759: [PROPOSED] revision of the "to build with X support or not" policy
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.1.1.1
Severity: wishlist
This seems to be more what people want. It will enable packages like
vim-tty to become legal if they are promoted to standard priority. Also,
that X client in mtools can be split into its own package and made
optional.
This paves the way for xlib6g and xfree86-common to be moved from standard
to optional, *if* all Xlib dependent packages are moved from standard to
optional priority (or if non-Xlib-linked versions are retained in
standard). That, however is up to the affected package maintainers and the
archive maintainers, and is not mandated by this policy.
--
G. Branden Robinson |
Debian GNU/Linux | The software said it required Windows
branden@ecn.purdue.edu | 3.1 or better, so I installed Linux.
roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
--- policy.sgml.orig Wed Dec 29 17:01:51 1999
+++ policy.sgml Wed Dec 29 17:16:46 1999
@@ -3122,23 +3122,15 @@
<heading>Programs for the X Window System</heading>
<p>
- Some programs can be configured with or without support for the X
- Window System. Typically, binaries produced with support for X
- will need the X shared libraries to run.
+ <em>Programs that may be configured with support for the X Window
+ System</em> must be configured to do so and should declare any
+ package dependencies necessary to satisfy their runtime
+ requirements when using the X Window System, unless the package
+ in question is of standard or higher priority, in which case
+ X-specific binaries may be split into a separate package, or
+ alternative versions of the package with X support may be
+ provided.
</p>
-
- <p>
- Such programs should be configured <em>with</em> X support,
- and should declare a dependency on <tt>xlib6g</tt> (which
- contains X shared libraries). Users who wish to use the
- program can install just the relatively small
- <tt>xfree86-common</tt> and <tt>xlib6g</tt> packages, and do
- not need to install the whole of X.</p>
-
- <p>
- Do not create two versions (one with X support and one
- without) of your package.</p>
-
<p>
<em>Application defaults</em> files have to be installed in
the directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>.
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