Package: debian-policy Version: 3.2.1.2 Severity: wishlist This policy revision is long overdue, since the transition away from the current policy is actually largely complete already. This is probably the most important X policy proposal in quite a while, since we have lintian checks that enforce the old obsolete policy. --- policy.sgml.orig Sun Jan 21 14:48:38 2001 +++ policy.sgml Sun Jan 21 15:41:14 2001 @@ -6101,29 +6101,22 @@ <p> <em>Application defaults</em> files must be installed in the - directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>. - <footnote> - <p>Note: This shall change very shortly.</p> - </footnote> - They should not be registered as <em>conffile</em>s or - otherwise treated as configuration files. Customization of - programs' X resources may be supported with the provision of - a file with the same name as that of the package placed in - the <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory, which must - registered as a <em>conffile</em>. <em>Important:</em> - packages that install files into the - <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory <em>must</em> - declare a conflict with <tt>xbase (<< - 3.3.2.3a-2)</tt>; if this is not done it is possible for the - installing package to destroy a previously-existing - <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> <em>file</em> which had been - customized by the system administrator. - <footnote> - <p>Rationale: clarifies the language to properly - address the package maintainer, not the system - administrator, as to how to manage - /etc/X11/Xresources.</p> - </footnote> + directory <tt>/etc/X11/app-defaults/</tt> (use of a localized + subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt> as described in the <emph>X + Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface</emph> manual is also + permitted). They must be registered as <em>conffile</em>s or + handled as configuration files. For programs that are not linked + against the X Toolkit (Xt) library, customization of programs' X + resources may also be supported with the provision of a file with + the same name as that of the package placed in the + <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory, which must registered as + a <em>conffile</em> or handled as a configuration file. + <em>Important:</em> packages that install files into the + <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory <em>must</em> declare a + conflict with <tt>xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2)</tt>; if this is + not done it is possible for the installing package to destroy a + previously-existing <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> file which had + been customized by the system administrator. </p> -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If ignorance is bliss, branden@debian.org | is omniscience hell? http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |
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