Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
Hi there! On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:53:31 +0100, Nico Golde wrote: That's not the problem, openbox itself is fine, the openbox package just includes an openbox-session binary which doesn't fall in the window manager category but is used as an alternative for such. My fault, sorry for the noise. It seems that reading the apt-listchanges output after a tiring word day is not the best thing to do... Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca pgppjlX4X7CKv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
found 472829 3.4.6.1-2 thanks Hello! On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:19:11 +0100, Andrew Lee wrote: This package installs openbox-session as x-window-manager which is violate debian policy 11.8.4. It's not a window manager, but a desktop session. I'm a simple and rare Openbox user, but from the Openbox main site (emphasis mine): Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation bigwindow manager/big with extensive standards support. At least this is how I see Openbox and why I installed it, am I missing something? In this case more than the simple alternative should be changed, e.g. the package description. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca pgponrCzh4AWG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 01:09:34 +0100, Luca Capello wrote: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:19:11 +0100, Andrew Lee wrote: This package installs openbox-session as x-window-manager which is violate debian policy 11.8.4. It's not a window manager, but a desktop session. I'm a simple and rare Openbox user, but from the Openbox main site (emphasis mine): Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation bigwindow manager/big with extensive standards support. At least this is how I see Openbox and why I installed it, am I missing something? In this case more than the simple alternative should be changed, e.g. the package description. openbox-session and openbox are two different things. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
notfound 472829 3.4.6.1-2 thanks Hi, * Luca Capello [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-03-28 01:17]: On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:19:11 +0100, Andrew Lee wrote: This package installs openbox-session as x-window-manager which is violate debian policy 11.8.4. It's not a window manager, but a desktop session. I'm a simple and rare Openbox user, but from the Openbox main site (emphasis mine): Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation bigwindow manager/big with extensive standards support. At least this is how I see Openbox and why I installed it, am I missing something? In this case more than the simple alternative should be changed, e.g. the package description. That's not the problem, openbox itself is fine, the openbox package just includes an openbox-session binary which doesn't fall in the window manager category but is used as an alternative for such. Kind regards Nico -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. pgpEE73QnDzDj.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
Package: openbox Severity: serious Justification: Policy 11.8.4. This package installs openbox-session as x-window-manager which is violate debian policy 11.8.4. It's not a window manager, but a desktop session. I have read #434497. If you wants to use openbox-session for autostart, please install it as x-session-manager in debian/openbox.postinst. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
Hi Andrew, * Andrew Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-03-26 19:25]: This package installs openbox-session as x-window-manager which is violate debian policy 11.8.4. It's not a window manager, but a desktop session. I have read #434497. If you wants to use openbox-session for autostart, please install it as x-session-manager in debian/openbox.postinst. Do I miss anything or is the only thing needed to fix this bug: --- openbox.postinst2008-03-26 19:55:59.0 +0100 +++ openbox.postinst.new2008-03-26 19:56:05.0 +0100 @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ case $1 in configure) - update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \ - x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox-session 90 --slave \ - /usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz \ + update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager \ + x-session-manager /usr/bin/openbox-session 90 --slave \ + /usr/share/man/man1/x-ression-manager.1.gz \ x-window-manager.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/openbox.1.gz if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ]; then update-menus; fi ;; Kind regards Nico -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. pgpYMzxSjgAUC.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Bug#472829: openbox-session is not a window manager, but a desktop session.
tags 472829 +patch
thanks
Nico Golde wrote:
Do I miss anything or is the only thing needed to fix this
bug:
[skip]
Also need following changes:
- provides: x-session-manager
- create x-window-manager link for openbox
- create x-session-manager link for openbox-session
- remove the wrong openbox-session link from x-window-manager
Please see the attached patch.
-Andrew
diff -u openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/control openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/control
--- openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/control
+++ openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
Package: openbox
Architecture: any
-Provides: x-window-manager
+Provides: x-window-manager, x-session-manager
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Recommends: openbox-themes
Suggests: obconf, menu, ttf-dejavu, python, libxml2-dev
diff -u openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.postinst openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.postinst
--- openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.postinst
+++ openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.postinst
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@
case $1 in
configure)
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \
- x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox-session 90 --slave \
+ x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox 90 --slave \
/usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz \
x-window-manager.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/openbox.1.gz
+ update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager \
+x-session-manager /usr/bin/openbox-session 50 --slave \
+/usr/share/man/man1/x-session-manager.1.gz \
+x-session-manager.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/openbox-session.1.gz
+
if [ -x /usr/bin/update-menus ]; then update-menus; fi
;;
esac
diff -u openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.prerm openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.prerm
--- openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.prerm
+++ openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.prerm
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
set -e
case $1 in
- remove)
- update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox
- rm -f /var/lib/openbox/debian-menu.xml
- ;;
+remove)
+ update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox
+ update-alternatives --remove x-session-manager /usr/bin/openbox-session
+ rm -f /var/lib/openbox/debian-menu.xml
+ ;;
esac
#DEBHELPER#
--- openbox-3.4.6.1.orig/debian/openbox.preinst
+++ openbox-3.4.6.1/debian/openbox.preinst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ $1 = upgrade ]; then
+update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/bin/openbox-session
+fi
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0
