Package: debian-policy Version: 3.5.10.0 Severity: normal A survey of where various educational programs are installed in debian's menus turned up this. This was not a complete survey, as I looked mostly at typing training programs. But it's illistrative of the problem I think: - xletters and tuxtype are in Games/Arcade - ktouch is in Apps/Tools of all places - gtypist has no menu entry - tiptrainer is in Apps/Educational * - arithmetic (from bsdgames) is in Apps/Educational * - gcompris is in Games/Educational * - unixcw uses Apps/HamRadio (Asterisks above denote policy violations.) It's amazing how scattered the various typing programs are, and it's interesting to see how many of the violators of menu policy[1] are educational programs. It would be better to group most[2] of these educational programs together in a single menu so they can all be found in one place. I suggest we bless Apps/Educational as that location. Putting them in Apps/ is more inclusive than somewhere in Games/, since not all of these programs are games, and there are still not that many educational programs in Debian, though certianly more than there were when the menu policy was first drafted. If we find ourselves with a glut of educational games in the future, we can break out a Games/Educational at that point. --- menu-policy.sgml.old 2003-05-27 20:40:31.000000000 -0400 +++ menu-policy.sgml 2003-05-27 20:41:17.000000000 -0400 @@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ <item> <p>text editors, word processors</p> </item> + <tag>Educational</tag> + <item> + <p>educational and training programs</p> + </item> <tag>Emulators</tag> <item> <p>wine, dosemu, etc.</p> I'm looking for seconds for this proposal. -- see shy jo [1] http://lintian.debian.org/reports/Tmenu-item-creates-new-section.html [2] unixcw is fine where it is
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