Package: debian-policy Version: 3.1.1.1 Severity: wishlist Documents current practice.
-- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | // // // / / [EMAIL PROTECTED] | EI 'AANIIGOO 'AHOOT'E roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | --- policy.sgml.orig Wed Dec 29 17:01:51 1999 +++ policy.sgml Thu Dec 30 12:39:50 1999 @@ -3140,6 +3140,27 @@ without) of your package.</p> <p> + <em>Packages that provide window managers</em> should declare in + their contol data that they provide the virtual package + <tt>x-window-manager</tt>. They should also register themselves as an + alternative for <tt>/usr/bin/x-window-manager</tt>, with a priority + calculated as follows: + <list> + <item>Start with a priority of 20.</item> + <item>If the window manager supports the Debian menu system, + add 20 points if this support is available in the package's + default configuration (i.e., no configuration files belonging + to the system or user have to be edited to activate the + feature); if configuration files must be modified, add only 10 + points.</item> + <item>If the window manager permits the X session to be + restarted using a <em>different</em> window manager (without + killing the X server) in its default configuration, add 10 points; + otherwise add none.</item> + </list> + </p> + <p> <em>Application defaults</em> files have to be installed in the directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>. They are considered as part of the program code. Thus, they