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 @@ <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> <p> -- G. Branden Robinson | If you have the slightest bit of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual integrity you cannot branden@debian.org | support the government. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | -- anonymous
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