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Bug#184064: debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Every window manager should provide an alternative to the x-window-manager.1 manpage



Hi!

On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 18:36:50 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Here, many years later, is a proposed patch implementing that, omitting
> www-browser because it's not (yet) documented by Policy and adding
> x-terminal-emulator.
> 
> Objections or seconds?

> diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml
> index 0b3c1a1..029a34c 100644
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -8273,10 +8273,14 @@ done
>  
>  	<p>
>  	  These two files are managed through the <prgn>dpkg</prgn>
> -	  "alternatives" mechanism.  Thus every package providing an
> -	  editor or pager must call the
> -	  <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn> script to register these
> -	  programs.
> +	  "alternatives" mechanism.  Every package providing an editor or
> +	  pager must call the <prgn>update-alternatives</prgn> script to
> +	  register as an alternative for <file>/usr/bin/editor</file>
> +	  or <file>/usr/bin/pager</file> as appropriate.  The alternative
> +	  should have a slave alternative
> +	  for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz</file>
> +	  or <file>/usr/share/man/man1/pager.1.gz</file> pointing to the
> +	  corresponding manual page.
>  	</p>
>  
>  	<p>
> @@ -8621,7 +8625,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
>  	    package <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>.  They should also
>  	    register themselves as an alternative for
>  	    <file>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</file>, with a priority of
> -	    20.
> +	    20.  That alternative should have a slave alternative
> +	    for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz</file>
> +	    pointing to the corresponding manual page.
>  	  </p>
>  
>  	  <p>
> @@ -8698,6 +8704,9 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
>  		  configuration, add 10 points; otherwise add none.
>  	      </item>
>  	    </list>
> +	    That alternative should have a slave alternative
> +	    for <file>/usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz</file>
> +	    pointing to the corresponding manual page.
>  	  </p>
>  	</sect1>

Seconded.

regards,
guillem

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