Bug#1004522: debian-policy: Proposing new virtual packages: wayland-session, x-session

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello Simon,

On Sun 30 Jan 2022 at 02:18pm GMT, Simon McVittie wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Jan 2022 at 20:12:21 +0000, Simon McVittie wrote:
>> I propose this entry for virtual-package-names-list.yaml:
>>
>> - name: wayland-session
>>   description: a Wayland desktop session (/usr/share/wayland-sessions/*.desktop)
>
> Having looked more closely at display managers, I think we should also
> consider adding:
>
> - name: x-session
>   description: an X11 desktop session registered via /usr/share/xsessions/*.desktop

Some time has passed without objections so I would be happy to add these
two virtual packages.  My only concern is that there are going to be
quite a few virtual packages in this area, now, and the virtual packages
list will contain only terse descriptions of each one.  Someone
packaging a new session/display manager/WM might have a hard time
figuring out what to use, unless they happen to stumble across the
discussion in this bug.

What do you think about adding a condensed version of your reasoning to
the Policy Manual somewhere?

-- 
Sean Whitton