On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:09, Sven Joachim <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,Thanks Sean for letting me chime in. On 2026-06-12 12:00 +0100, Sean Whitton wrote:Matthias Geiger [11/Jun 3:37pm +02] wrote:While there are terminals that work both on x11 and wayland, I think this makes sense nonetheless. This is my inital patch: diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.yaml b/virtual-package-names-list.yaml index 9e0089e..0e6cb84 100644 --- a/virtual-package-names-list.yaml +++ b/virtual-package-names-list.yaml @@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ virtualPackages: - name: xserver description: an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages physical input and display hardware +# Wayland + - name: wayland-terminal-emulator + description: a wayland client which emulates a terminal with a terminfo description in the ncurses-term package + # Fonts - name: fonts-japanese-gothicI should also note that policy is inconsistent regarding the x-terminal-emulator alternative. While virtual-package-names-list.yaml states that the terminfo description should be in the ncurses-base package, this requirement is not mentioned in policy/ch-customized-programs.rst, and at least kitty does not meet this condition. Should I file a separate bug about this inconsistency?
Hi Sven, thanks for chiming in. tbh I just copied the x-terminal-emulator one and adjusted it. What do you think about this update?
diff --git a/virtual-package-names-list.yaml b/virtual-package-names-list.yaml
index 9e0089e..0e6cb84 100644 --- a/virtual-package-names-list.yaml +++ b/virtual-package-names-list.yaml @@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ virtualPackages: - name: xserver description: an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages physical input and display hardware +# Wayland + - name: wayland-terminal-emulator+ description: a wayland client which emulates a terminal with a terminfo description
+ # Fonts - name: fonts-japanese-gothic best, werdahias
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