Bug#167004: marked as done (add ewmh-x-window-manager alternative, drop EWMH section from priority, add virtual package ewmh-x-window-manager)
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Subject: add ewmh-x-window-manager alternative, drop EWMH section from
priority, add virtual package ewmh-x-window-manager
From: Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
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Package: debian-policy
It turns out that just bumping the priority of x-window-managers like
metacity which implement the EWMH spec isn't enough. Other window
managers like twm still take priority, mainly because they support the
Debian menu system directly (which metacity doesn't, it relies on the
GNOME panel to do it).
So I think what we really need is an ewmh-x-window-manager, that
packages like gnome-wm can use to explicitly invoke a window manager
which supports the EWMH spec.
Attached is a patch which:
1) Removes the (now unneeded) section from the x-window-manager priority
calculation
2) Adds a new alternative ewmh-x-window-manager
3) Adds a new virtual package ewmh-x-window-manager
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--- policy.sgml~ 2002-10-29 20:29:33.000000000 -0500
+++ policy.sgml 2002-10-29 20:28:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -7010,16 +7010,6 @@
points.
</p>
</item>
- <item>
- <p>
- If the window manager complies with <url
- id=3D"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html";
- name=3D"The Window Manager Specification Project">,
- written by the <url id=3D"http://www.freedesktop.org";
- name=3D"Free Desktop Group">, add 20 points.
- </p>
- </item>
-
<item>
<p>
If the window manager permits the X session to be
@@ -7033,6 +7023,25 @@
</sect1>
=20
<sect1>
+ <heading>Packages providing an EWMH-compliant window manager</heading>
+
+ <p>
+ In addition to providing <file>/usr/bin/x-window-manager</file>,
+ window managers which implement the EWMH hints specified by the
+ <url id=3D"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html";
+ name=3D"The Window Manager Specification Project"/>
+ should also register themselves as an alternative for
+ <file>/usr/bin/ewmh-x-window-manager</file>. The priority
+ should be calculated in the same way as
+ for <file>/usr/bin/x-window-manager</file>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ These packages should also provide the virtual
+ package <tt>ewmh-x-window-manager</tt>.
+ </p>
+ </sect1>
+=09
+ <sect1>
<heading>Packages providing fonts</heading>
=20
<p>
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From: Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#167004: fixed in debian-policy 3.5.10.0
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
debian-policy_3.5.10.0.dsc
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.10.0.dsc
debian-policy_3.5.10.0.tar.gz
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.10.0.tar.gz
debian-policy_3.5.10.0_all.deb
to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.5.10.0_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 167004@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Hash: SHA1
Format: 1.7
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.5.10.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 165063 167004 182792 184368 184507 184518 185985 187418 187420 187422 187567 189274 189654
Changes:
debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
Josip:
* Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
closes: #182792.
* Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
* Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
* Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
* Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
* Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
Manoj:
* Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
* Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
* Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
closes: Bug#184518
* Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
* Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
Files:
bf7b4cccd7c0c7c4f33ac47c2f34460e 802 doc optional debian-policy_3.5.10.0.dsc
07c609f930042c481633932aaa9fd2ec 1629558 doc optional debian-policy_3.5.10.0.tar.gz
ec4a069b9faaaa3504f0f0240246be9e 1254266 doc optional debian-policy_3.5.10.0_all.deb
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