Bug#741573: Two menu systems
Le Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 11:34:51PM +0100, Ian Jackson a écrit :
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> It is the demotion of the traditional menu from "should" to "can"
> which is controversial. For the reasons I have already explained, I
> do not agree with that.
Hi Ian,
yes, it is that part that is controversial, and I would appreciate if the TC
would focus on it, since this was the original topic of #707851, entitled
“soften the wording recommending menu files”.
The underlying question is: who should spend the time writing these files and
keeping them up to date ?
In the case of missing manual pages, the policy (§ 12.1) does not require the
package maintainer to write one.
As a general principle, I think that this is the right way. Pacakge
maintainers are volunteers, and we should be careful to avoid loading them with
extra work.
Therefore, I think that the “should” of §9.6, paragraph 2 should be relaxed.
Needless to say, patches carrying Debian menu entries should be accepted.
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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