Re: Intent package mule2 and custom-mule (Important for emacs (lisp) package maintainers)

[Changwoo Ryu <cwryu@debian.org>]

Fumitoshi UKAI <ukai@debian.or.jp> writes:

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> > You can build XEmacs without support for any window system, thus
> > making it noticeably more 'lightweight'.
> 
> This is policy violation, isn't it?
> 
> >From Debian Policy Manual
> | 5.8 Programs for the X Window System
> |
> | 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.
> | 
> | Such programs should be configured with X support, and should declare a
> | dependency on xlib6g (which contains X shared libraries). Users who wish to
> | use the program can install just the relatively small xfree86-common and
> | xlib6g packages, and do not need to install the whole of X.
> | 
> | Do not create two versions (one with X support and one without) of your
> | package.

Then, is vim-tiny also a policy violation?

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Changwoo RYU