Re: Bug#53758: [PROPOSED] Policy for "x-window-manager" virtual package and alternative
Seconded.
Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:
> --- 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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