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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Branden Robinson) wrote:
>--- 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>

Thank you, the wording in the current policy seems to imply that
providing alternate frontends is an option only open to higher-priority
packages, whereas this is much clearer. Seconded.

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Colin Watson                                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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