Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: wishlist This proposal does not change the intended meaning of the existing policy; it simply brings the wording of the existing policy (whose origins date back to very early versions of the Debian Policy Manual) into line with Policy 1.1 as more recently adopted. I also cleaned up the wording to reduce reiteration of policy already stated elsewhere, and hopefully made the policy more clear. --- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001 +++ policy.sgml.x-support Sun Mar 25 01:55:07 2001 @@ -5946,14 +5946,15 @@ <heading>Programs for the X Window System</heading> <p> - <em>Programs that may be configured with support for the X Window + <em>Programs that can be configured with support for the X Window System</em> must be configured to do so and must declare any package dependencies necessary to satisfy their runtime - requirements when using the X Window System, unless the package - in question is of standard or higher priority, in which case - X-specific binaries may be split into a separate package, or - alternative versions of the package with X support may be - provided. + requirements when using the X Window System. If such a package + is of higher priority than the X packages on which it depends, it + is required that either the X-specific components be split into a + separate package; an alternative version of the package, which + includes X support, be provided; or the package's priority be + lowered. </p> -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If ignorance is bliss, branden@deadbeast.net | is omniscience hell? http://deadbeast.net/~branden/ |
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