Bug#522217: debian-policy: Drop requirement to pre-depend on x11-common

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> writes:

> I don't know whether to remove just this part, or everything relating to
> X11R6.  Opinions?

Let's leave the explicit prohibition on X11R6 for at least one more
release.  imake used to be really common and one still occasionally runs
into software that expects this sort of layout.  I think it doesn't hurt
matters to leave it for a bit longer.

> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -8619,22 +8619,8 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
>  	  <p>
>              Packages should install any relevant files into the
>  	    directories <file>/usr/include/X11/</file> and
> -	    <file>/usr/lib/X11/</file>, but if they do so, they must
> -	    pre-depend on <tt>x11-common (&gt;=
> -	    1:7.0.0)</tt><footnote>
> -              <p>
> -                These libraries used to be all symbolic
> -                links. However, with <tt>X11R7</tt>,
> -                <tt>/usr/include/X11</tt> and <tt>/usr/lib/X11</tt>
> -                are now real directories, and packages
> -                <strong>should</strong> ship their files here instead
> -                of in <tt>/usr/X11R6/{include,lib}/X11</tt>.
> -                <tt>x11-common (&gt;= 1:7.0.0) </tt> is the package
> -                responsible for converting these symlinks into
> -                directories.
> -              </p>
> -            </footnote>
> -	  </p>
> +	    <file>/usr/lib/X11/</file>.
> +          </p>

Seconded.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>