Bug#515837: debian-policy: no location in menu policy for desktop pagers
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:10:16PM +0100, sean finney wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 3.8.0.1
> Severity: normal
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> hi,
>
> i'm giving some TLC to fbpager a workspace/desktop pager for the fluxbox
> window manager. while updating to the latest Standards-Version, menu-policy
> and lintian cleanliness, i have stumbled across a problem.
>
> in old versions of fbpager, it installed a menu entry in "Apps/Tools",
> but Apps is deprecated in favor of Applications (yes, quite a while ago,
> the package hasn't needed updating for a bit). however, Applications has
> no corresponding Tools section, and nothing else in the heirarchy matches.
Hello Sean,
As written in the menu manual, menu entries that are specific to a window
manager are outside the scope of the menu policy. You need to use a
custom need field. See section 3.4. The `needs' field in the menu manual
Usually such entries should go to a new top-level section named after the
window manager, like /Fluxbox.
(not closing this bug since it has been borrowed by another request).
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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