Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

On Thu, 2015-09-17 at 15:25:54 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
>          <p>
> -	  Packages can, to be compatible with Debian additions to some window
> -	  managers that do not support the FreeDesktop standard, also provide a
> +	  Applications that are <em>not</em> registered in the desktop menu can optionally provide a
>  	  <em>Debian menu</em> file, following the <em>Debian menu policy</em>,
>  	  which can be found in the <tt>menu-policy</tt> files in the
>  	  <tt>debian-policy</tt> package.  It is also available from the Debian
>  	  web mirrors at <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"
>  	  id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/";></tt>.
>  	</p>
> +
> +        <p>
> +          Applications that are registred in the desktop menu shall not also
> +          provide a <em>Debian menu</em> file for the same application.
> +        </p>
>        </sect>

Wow, this is such terrible policy… So we have supporters of the XDG
format, and supporters of the menu format. Some of those would and
have accepted files of their non-preferred format in their packages,
some have outright refused them. But now they have to choose between
one of them, because they can no longer ship both. So we might end up
with packages by menu supporters removing .desktop files, and packages
from XDG supporters removing .menu files. And users of either format
caught inbetween.

Also is the TC going to implement the changes in the "menu programs"
to support the XDG format? Because I don't see the ruling to be very
motivating for the menu supporters.

Regards,
Guillem