Bug#515837: [PROPOSAL] add "Applications/Window Management" to menu sub-policy

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 08:24:08PM +0200, Ignace Mouzannar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having some trouble finding the proper menu section to place my
> application Alltray [1]. Alltray lets you minimize to the system tray
> any windowed application.
> 
> I found this bug report, and thought that fbpager and Alltray could
> both benefit of (and fit into) a category like: "Applications/Window
> Management".
> 
> I am not sure this would be the proper name to go with, but would it
> be feasible to add such a section to the menu sub-policy [2]?

Hello Ignace and Sean,

Sorry for the long delay.

Generally we need at least three apps before creating a new menu section.

The issue here is that most window management softwares are specific to a 
single window manager. In that case, they are best handled with a
window-manager-specific "needs" field, so they are only displayed in the
relevant window manager. This fall outside of the menu subpolicy list.
As far as I understand, this is the case of fbpager which only work in fluxbox. 

AllTray is special since it works with most window managers.
We need to find similar tools before deciding on the section name.
Maybe the package 'docker' is similar ?

Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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