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

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:


    Wouter> So, I'm with Guillem on this one.


    Wouter> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a
    Wouter> second file, if that somehow makes the experience of menu
    Wouter> users better than what the fdo menu would have given them?
    Wouter> Sorry, but that seems petty and silly.

OK.
Then why don't you build consensus behind a patch to do that?
The TC's decision can be changed by the normal policy process.
If you can get people to agree with a proposal that permits both
.desktop and .menu files then you can replace the TC decision.

For myself, I think that forcing a transition to .desktop will create a
longer Debian long-term.  I believe that the TC's approach provides a
useful push for that in this situation.
I realize that it is a fairly forceful approach and it's not something
that Debian does often.
It seems to be a case where the broader community might disagree with
the TC and if that's the case, then I would be happy with that result.