Bug#707851: debian-policy: soften the wording recommending menu files
On 13-05-13 10:02, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> * The maintainer should use the “debian-desktop” mailing
> list too coordinate with maintainers of menu
> implementations, in order to avoid bad interactions with
> other icons or wrong categories. Especially for packages
> which are part of installation tasks, the contents of
> the NotShowIn/OnlyShowIn stanzas should be validated by
> the maintainers of the relevant environments.
I would prefer that we have an enumeration of possible categories, in
policy, with an explanation of which kind of applications should go
where. That enumeration can then still end with "in case of doubt,
contact the debian-desktop mailinglist."
> Packages can, to be compatible with Debian additions to some
> legacy window managers, also provide a menu file. Such menu
> entries should follow the Debian menu policy, which can be found
> in the menu-policy files in the debian-policy package. It is
> also available from the Debian web mirrors
> at /doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/.
If we're going to suggest desktop files in policy, I would rather prefer
that we change window managers to read desktop files instead of menu
files, and remove this suggestion altogether. Having two ways to specify
menu entries means you'll get two half menus rather than one whole,
which isn't a good idea.
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