Re: Menu-2.0, optimized menu tree, hints
Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:
> joost witteveen wrote:
> > Although this procedure ignores the real debian tree (so much
> > discussed about), it does eventually come up that look surprisingly
> > like just that tree.
> Can you post an example? The thing I'm concerned about is consistency
> accross machines (and across upgrades).
I'm also a little concerned about possible confusion for the
individual users. As it is now, when I install a new package, and I
can't find the menu entry in the first place I look, I just go check
the /usr/lib/menu/pkg file to see where the entry is. It sounds like
with this, I'd get no more than some possible *guesses* where the
entry might have actually ended up in my actual menus.
> Keep in mind that a big advantage of the current system is you can
> sit down at any Debian machine, anywhere, and go directly to the
> item you want, once you know the menu hierarchy.
Now, that's not exactly true. The local sysadmin may well have put
overrides in /etc/menu. But I agree that it's something to consider,
as this probably greatly increases the chance that things will not be
where you expect them.
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