Seconded. Thanks,
-- Raul On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:44:02PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.2.1.2 > Severity: wishlist > > This policy revision is long overdue, since the transition away from the > current policy is actually largely complete already. > > This is probably the most important X policy proposal in quite a while, > since we have lintian checks that enforce the old obsolete policy. > > --- policy.sgml.orig Sun Jan 21 14:48:38 2001 > +++ policy.sgml Sun Jan 21 15:41:14 2001 > @@ -6101,29 +6101,22 @@ > > <p> > <em>Application defaults</em> files must be installed in the > - directory <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/</tt>. > - <footnote> > - <p>Note: This shall change very shortly.</p> > - </footnote> > - They should not be registered as <em>conffile</em>s or > - otherwise treated as configuration files. Customization of > - programs' X resources may be supported with the provision of > - a file with the same name as that of the package placed in > - the <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory, which must > - registered as a <em>conffile</em>. <em>Important:</em> > - packages that install files into the > - <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory <em>must</em> > - declare a conflict with <tt>xbase (<< > - 3.3.2.3a-2)</tt>; if this is not done it is possible for the > - installing package to destroy a previously-existing > - <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> <em>file</em> which had been > - customized by the system administrator. > - <footnote> > - <p>Rationale: clarifies the language to properly > - address the package maintainer, not the system > - administrator, as to how to manage > - /etc/X11/Xresources.</p> > - </footnote> > + directory <tt>/etc/X11/app-defaults/</tt> (use of a localized > + subdirectory of <tt>/etc/X11/</tt> as described in the <emph>X > + Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface</emph> manual is also > + permitted). They must be registered as <em>conffile</em>s or > + handled as configuration files. For programs that are not linked > + against the X Toolkit (Xt) library, customization of programs' X > + resources may also be supported with the provision of a file with > + the same name as that of the package placed in the > + <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory, which must registered as > + a <em>conffile</em> or handled as a configuration file. > + <em>Important:</em> packages that install files into the > + <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources/</tt> directory <em>must</em> declare a > + conflict with <tt>xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2)</tt>; if this is > + not done it is possible for the installing package to destroy a > + previously-existing <tt>/etc/X11/Xresources</tt> file which had > + been customized by the system administrator. > </p> > > > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | > Debian GNU/Linux | If ignorance is bliss, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | is omniscience hell? > http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |
