Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision
Le mardi, 13 octobre 2015, 08.55:07 Wouter Verhelst a écrit :
> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a second file,
> if that somehow makes the experience of menu users better than what
> the fdo menu would have given them? Sorry, but that seems petty and
> silly.
For context, the exact phrasing of the TC decision is "packages
providing a .desktop file shall not also provide a menu file for the
same application."
This translates to "this situation constitutes a bug", but doesn't
specify an explicit patch for the Debian Policy (aka doesn't explicitly
lay down the severity of the bug). I'd argue that in the absence of a
new Debian Policy version incorporating the TC decision, such situations
would be 'serious' bugs. Can we work towards ironing an adequate
wording?
> I don't think I'll encounter the issue, seen as none of my packages
> ship any menu entry, let alone a .desktop file, today. But yeah, it's
> something I think I'll blatantly ignore if/when the time comes.
Threatening to "blatantly ignore" the Debian Policy isn't terribly
helpful.
Cheers,
OdyX
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