Re: Bug#84473: marked as done (please document typical 'hints' and where to find them)
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:55:51 +0200, Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr> said:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:03:12AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
>> > The official list of 'hints' and their definition need to be part
>> > of the menu
>> > policy manual, not of the menu manual.
>>
>> Why is that? Why should this be hard coded into slow moving policy,
>> rather than being freely extended by the menu package? There is a
>> legitimate need for this information to be present; but since the
>> maintainer is trying to use the menu package, the documentation of
>> that package needs to be consulted.
> The menu package do not need or care about what the hints are.
> Debian as a distribution needs to mandate a set of guideline for
> section names and hints name to achieve consistency between
> packages, e.g. Mandrake uses the same menu package with a completly
> different set of section names.
> There is a Debian menu sub-policy for a reason. If for some reason
> the policy process does not allow for such sub-policy to be managed,
> we will need to move Debian menu sub-policy outside Debian policy I
> am afraid.
Feh. If you want to manage menu policy -- fine. Come back with
a detailed policy patch. That would be OK.
If the hints selection needs to be changed, that needs to be
worked out. Don't use policy to do design work, though. To get into
policy things are supposed to be mature -- so use -devel for
design. Try out a few variants to see what packages may need.
_Then_ make a policy proposal.
manoj
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