Re: Debian menus policy
I wonder whether this issue might be related to that
of package classification as discussed, e.g., in early
November:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2001/debian-devel-200111/msg00253.html
Certainly many of the issues are the same. IMO the main
problem afflicting both classification and menufication
right now is the commission of "category mistakes". Under
the one "Apps" menu we find "Editors", "Math", and "Net":
the first is a functional class, the second is treated as
a topical class, the third as a modal class (if you'll
pardon the expressions). A network-enabled math editor
could go into any or all of these submenus.
What is most important in a menu is function. It should
still be possible for a program to be put under multiple
submenus, but only if it were a multi-purpose program.
Instead of: I suggest:
Apps
Editors Editing
Text Text
Graphics Graphics
Sound Sound
Programming Programs
Viewers Viewing
Sound Playing
Math Calculating
Emulators Turing
Emulators
Interpreters
Shells Shells
Tools Configuring
System System
Net Network
Communicating
Games Gaming
XShells
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