Re: Debian menu policy an impediment to innovation?
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 09:29:07PM -0700, Dan Car wrote:
> What do you think about updating debian menu policy to say something
> about allow a GUI app to update the menus? There is nothing in the
> current debian menu policy that stops this, but there isn't anything in
> there that makes it simple either.
>
> My personal opinion is that menu structure is far too dynamic,
> customizable, and personal to be put in a policy document at this point.
> What if someone wants to implement menus that are dynamic based on use?
>
> What do you think? Is there any plans to support user editable menus?
Hello Dan,
In case this is not clear: the debian menu policy only cover menu
entries file provided for use in the Debian menu generated by the menu
package, see <http://packages.debian.org/menu> and
<http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu.html/>.
It only covers the sections stored in the menu file, not the layout used
by the program displaying the menu.
This system provide both system-wide and user-wide override for the
menu.
What specifically do you want to do ?
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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