Bug#1136306: debian-policy: Proposing new wayland-terminal-emulator alternative and virtual package

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:46:38 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.policy
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Sven Joachim [13/Jun  8:09am +02] wrote:
> I 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?

Yes, ideally with a patch to policy/ch-customized-programs.rst :)

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Sean Whitton

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