On Sat, Jul 04 2009, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes:
>
>> I think the cost of moving window managers out of /etc/X11 far
>> outweight the benefit. However the same rationale about moving
>> programs out of /usr/bin/X11, /usr/lib/X11, etc. apply here. If one
>> day we move to X12, /etc/X11 will probably have to go.
>>
>> I do not think e.g. fvwm has a special relationship with X11 that
>> warrant putting its configuration file in /etc/X11 instead of
>> /etc/fvwm.
>
> If we were starting from scratch, I agree, but I'm not sure how to
> phrase that.
>
> Here's what I currently have, which has one second from Julien and
> previous seconds from Manoj and Raphaël for previous versions of the
> wording. I'd welcome any additional proposals for how to change the
> wording of the /etc/X11 section, but if there are more seconds for the
> way that I have it worded now, I'm currently inclined to apply this and
> go forward rather than spending more time on trying to find the right
> phrasing. Does that sound okay?
>
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -8577,54 +8577,35 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
> <heading>Installation directory issues</heading>
>
> <p>
> - Packages using the X Window System should not be
> - configured to install files under the
> - <file>/usr/X11R6/</file> directory. The
> - <file>/usr/X11R6/</file> directory hierarchy should be
> + Historically, packages using the X Window System used a
> + separate set of installation directories from other packages.
> + This practice has been discontinued and packages using the X
> + Window System should now generally be installed in the same
> + directories as any other package. Specifically, packages must
> + not install files under the <file>/usr/X11R6/</file> directory
> + and the <file>/usr/X11R6/</file> directory hierarchy should be
> regarded as obsolete.
> </p>
>
> <p>
> - Programs that use GNU <prgn>autoconf</prgn> and
> - <prgn>automake</prgn> are usually easily configured at
> - compile time to use <file>/usr/</file> instead of
> - <file>/usr/X11R6/</file>, and this should be done whenever
> - possible. Configuration files for window managers and
> - display managers should be placed in a subdirectory of
> - <file>/etc/X11/</file> corresponding to the package name due
> - to these programs' tight integration with the mechanisms
> - of the X Window System. Application-level programs should
> - use the <file>/etc/</file> directory unless otherwise mandated
> - by policy.
> + Include files previously installed under
> + <file>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</file> should be installed into
> + <file>/usr/include/X11/</file>. For files previously
> + installed into subdirectories of
> + <file>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</file>, package maintainers should
> + determine if subdirectories of <file>/usr/lib/</file> and
> + <file>/usr/share/</file> can be used. If not, a subdirectory
> + of <file>/usr/lib/X11/</file> should be used.
> </p>
>
> <p>
> - The installation of files into subdirectories
> - of <file>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/</file> and
> - <file>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/</file> is now prohibited;
> - package maintainers should determine if subdirectories of
> - <file>/usr/lib/</file> and <file>/usr/share/</file> can be used
> - instead.
> - </p>
> -
> - <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 (>=
> - 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 (>= 1:7.0.0) </tt> is the package
> - responsible for converting these symlinks into
> - directories.
> - </p>
> - </footnote>
> + Configuration files for window, display, or session managers
> + or other applications that are tightly integrated with the X
> + Window System may be placed in a subdirectory
> + of <file>/etc/X11/</file> corresponding to the package name.
> + Other X Window System applications should use
> + the <file>/etc/</file> directory unless otherwise mandated by
> + policy (such as for <ref id="appdefaults">).
> </p>
> </sect1>
>
> --
> Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
I second this new wording as well.
manoj
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