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