Bug#91259: marked as done ([ACCEPTED 05/04/2001] minor changes to app-defaults policy)
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Subject: [PROPOSED] minor changes to app-defaults policy
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Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.5.2.0
Severity: wishlist
* Explicitly forbids shipping /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/.
* Makes the bit about X resources a separate paragraph, and adds an
informative footnote about why these are different from app-defaults.
--- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001
+++ policy.sgml.app-defaults Sun Mar 25 03:17:36 2001
@@ -6151,24 +6151,32 @@
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<p>
<em>Application defaults</em> files must be installed in the
- directory <tt>/etc/X11/app-defaults/</tt> (use of a
- localized subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt> as described in
- the <em>X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface</em>
- 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
+ directory <tt>/etc/X11/app-defaults/</tt> (use of a localized
+ subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt> as described in the <em>X
+ Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface</em> manual is also
+ permitted). They must be registered as <em>conffile</em>s or
+ handled as configuration files. Packages must not provide the
+ directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ 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.
+ <footnote>
+ Note that this mechanism is not the same as using
+ app-defaults; app-defaults are tied to the client binary on
+ the local filesystem, whereas X resources are stored in the
+ X server and affect all connecting clients.
+ </footnote>
+ <emph>Important:</emph> packages that install files into the
+ <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory must 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.
+ previously-existing <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> file which had
+ been customized by the system administrator.
</p>
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<p>
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Subject: debian-policy_3.5.5.0_i386.changes INSTALLED
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Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 10:23:07 -0400
From: Debian Installer <installer@ftp-master.debian.org>
Subject: debian-policy_3.5.5.0_i386.changes INSTALLED
To: Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org>,
Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Installing:
debian-policy_3.5.5.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.5.0.tar.gz
policy-process.txt.gz byhand
libc6-migration.txt byhand
fhs.txt byhand
debian-policy_3.5.5.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.5.0_all.deb
perl-policy.txt.gz byhand
menu-policy.txt.gz byhand
mime-policy.txt.gz byhand
virtual-package-names-list.txt byhand
upgrading-checklist.txt byhand
fhs-2.1.html.tar.gz byhand
policy.pdf.gz byhand
menu-policy.html.tar.gz byhand
policy.html.tar.gz byhand
mime-policy.html.tar.gz byhand
debconf_specification.html byhand
debconf_specification.txt.gz byhand
policy.txt.gz byhand
policy-process.html.tar.gz byhand
perl-policy.html.tar.gz byhand
debian-policy_3.5.5.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.5.0.dsc
policy.ps.gz byhand
Changes: debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
* Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
3.0.0 onwards
* Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
* This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
* Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
* Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
debian/rules to do this
* Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
patches are incorporated upstream
* Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
* Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
* Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
clearer (add "for use by scripts")
* Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
* Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
closes: Bug#89674
* Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
system closes: Bug#91249
* Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
* Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
* Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
* OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
* The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
* The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
* Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
* Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
* Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
* Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
* Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
Announcing to debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org
Setting bugs to severity fixed: 66023 89473 89674 91249 91252 91257 91259 91260 91261 92744 94995 95906 97072 98712
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
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