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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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