Re: Bug#559895: menu: New Category Applications/Multimedia
reassign 559895 debian-policy
thanks
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 05:45:35PM +0100, Andreas Marschke wrote:
> Package: menu
> Version: 2.1.42
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm here by proposing to add a new category to the menu called
> Applications/Multimedia or FreeDesktop.org conform Applications/AudioVideo as
> some of the shipped applications with debian o not only comply to the current
> category they are in.
> For examble, vlc is in the category Applications/Viewers and bangarang is in
> the category Applications/Sounds although both are able to play videos as
> well as music and show pictures. For this reason it is only understandable to
> add the new category called either Applications/Multimedia or
> Applications/AudioVideo .
Hello Andreas,
the menu section is defined by the menu subpolicy which is part of
debian-policy and not of the menu package. Reassigning.
Looking at the menu subpolicy, I believe that both vlc and bangarang belong
to Applications/Video.
I do not think a section Applications/Multimedia would be useful, unless we
remove both Applications/Video and Applications/Sound. Almost all programs
that are able to deal with video can deal with sound since movie usually
include sound component, so I think there is some expectation that programs
in Applications/Video will do sound. At worse a program can define two
menu entries one in Sound and one in Video, maybe with a different command.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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