On 18/07/10 03:36, Russ Allbery wrote: > Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes: >> Jérôme Marant wrote: >>> Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes: > >>>> editor(1) and pager(1) and www-browser(1) are already provided by at >>>> least some apternatives for those programs. If this is really a >>>> problem, which I don't think it is. Instead I think that slave links >>>> for alternatives is common practice, and I have seen no confused users >>>> because of it. > >>> So, would you second my proposal? > >> Well, I note that none of editor(1), pager(1), or www-browser(1) are >> mentioned in policy at all. I might second a proposal to document them >> in policy and add x-window-manager(1) too. > > Here, many years later, is a proposed patch implementing that, omitting > www-browser because it's not (yet) documented by Policy and adding > x-terminal-emulator. > > Objections or seconds? > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 0b3c1a1..029a34c 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -8273,10 +8273,14 @@ done > > <p> > These two files are managed through the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> > - "alternatives" mechanism. Thus every package providing an > - editor or pager must call the > - <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn> script to register these > - programs. > + "alternatives" mechanism. Every package providing an editor or > + pager must call the <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn> script to > + register as an alternative for <file>/usr/bin/editor</file> > + or <file>/usr/bin/pager</file> as appropriate. The alternative > + should have a slave alternative > + for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz</file> > + or <file>/usr/share/man/man1/pager.1.gz</file> pointing to the > + corresponding manual page. > </p> > > <p> > @@ -8621,7 +8625,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]: > package <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>. They should also > register themselves as an alternative for > <file>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</file>, with a priority of > - 20. > + 20. That alternative should have a slave alternative > + for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz</file> > + pointing to the corresponding manual page. > </p> > > <p> > @@ -8698,6 +8704,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]: > configuration, add 10 points; otherwise add none. > </item> > </list> > + That alternative should have a slave alternative > + for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz</file> > + pointing to the corresponding manual page. > </p> > </sect1> > Seconded.
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