Bug#707851: Proposed changes on menu systems
Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:
> So in the spirit of going forward, I would suggest to restrict ourself
> to documenting the FreeDesktop files.
> I join a patch which is essentially Charles patch without the demotion
> of the Debian menu system.
Separate from the question of how to handle the existence of both systems,
this patch looks good to me and I think is a good step forward towards
where we want to be. Therefore, seconded.
> Some comment on the patch:
> I note that some important aspect of the XDG specification are not
> included. While it is not necessarily a requirement for policy
> inclusion, it could be helpful to document the .menu files used by
> desktop environment and how the Categories relates to the menu layout
> the users will see.
My impression is that this part of the specification hasn't gotten the
same level of attention as the desktop file specification, but that's a
very vague impression. I'd be curious to hear the opinion of the desktop
environment maintainers on what we should tell maintainers of packages
like fvwm who want to integrate with desktop entries.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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