Package: debian-policy Version: 4.6.0.1 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi Russ and Sean, it is a long time I have not posted here! In the previous release cycle, I have split the mime-support into the media-types and the mailcap packages. The patch below updates the Policy to reflect that. Have a nice Sunday, -- Charles diff --git a/policy/ch-opersys.rst b/policy/ch-opersys.rst index 83b71b1..72923f9 100644 --- a/policy/ch-opersys.rst +++ b/policy/ch-opersys.rst @@ -796,16 +796,16 @@ install a file in :manpage:`mailcap(5)` format (RFC 1524) in the directory ``/usr/lib/mime/packages/``. The file name should be the binary package's name. -The mime-support package provides the ``update-mime`` program, which +The mailcap package provides the ``update-mime`` program, which integrates these registrations in the ``/etc/mailcap`` file, using dpkg triggers. [#]_ Packages installing desktop entries should not install mailcap entries -for the same program, because the mime-support package already reads +for the same program, because the mailcap package already reads desktop entries. Packages using these facilities *should not* depend on, recommend, or -suggest ``mime-support``. +suggest ``mailcap``. .. _s-file-media-type: @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ characteristic file extensions and magic patterns should be registered to the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority). See https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types and RFC 6838 for details. This information will then propagate to the systems discovering file -media types in Debian, provided by the shared-mime-info, mime-support +media types in Debian, provided by the shared-mime-info, media-types and file packages. If registration and propagation can not be waited for, support can be asked to the maintainers of the packages mentioned above.
