Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.2.0 Severity: wishlist This proposal does not change the intended meaning of the existing policy; it simply brings the wording of the existing policy (whose origins date back to very early versions of the Debian Policy Manual) into line with Policy 1.1 as more recently adopted. I also cleaned up the wording to reduce reiteration of policy already stated elsewhere, and hopefully made the policy more clear.
--- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001
+++ policy.sgml.x-support Sun Mar 25 01:55:07 2001
@@ -5946,14 +5946,15 @@
<heading>Programs for the X Window System</heading>
<p>
- <em>Programs that may be configured with support for the X Window
+ <em>Programs that can be configured with support for the X Window
System</em> must be configured to do so and must declare any
package dependencies necessary to satisfy their runtime
- requirements when using the X Window System, unless the package
- in question is of standard or higher priority, in which case
- X-specific binaries may be split into a separate package, or
- alternative versions of the package with X support may be
- provided.
+ requirements when using the X Window System. If such a package
+ is of higher priority than the X packages on which it depends, it
+ is required that either the X-specific components be split into a
+ separate package; an alternative version of the package, which
+ includes X support, be provided; or the package's priority be
+ lowered.
</p>
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