Clint Adams wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal > > Due to potential confusion about sensible-utils being only de facto > Essential and whether or not packages should be declaring dependencies > on it. Something like this footnote may be helpful. > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index bcbaacb..57c5386 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -7953,11 +7953,13 @@ done > EDITOR or PAGER variables, that program may be configured to > use <file>/usr/bin/sensible-editor</file> and > <file>/usr/bin/sensible-pager</file> as the editor or pager > - program respectively. These are two scripts provided in the > - Debian base system that check the EDITOR and PAGER variables > - and launch the appropriate program, and fall back to > - <file>/usr/bin/editor</file> and <file>/usr/bin/pager</file> if the > - variable is not set. > + program respectively.<footnote>A package making unconditional > + use of one of these programs must declare a dependency on > + the package containing them.</footnote> These are two scripts > + provided in the Debian base system that check the EDITOR and > + PAGER variables and launch the appropriate program, and fall > + back to <file>/usr/bin/editor</file> and > + <file>/usr/bin/pager</file> if the variable is not set. > </p> > > <p>
seconded Cheers Luk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
