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>
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