Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision
Le mardi, 13 octobre 2015, 07.52:55 Sam Hartman a écrit :
> >> 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.
>
> Didier> For context, the exact phrasing of the TC decision is
> Didier> "packages providing a .desktop file shall not also provide a
> Didier> menu file for the same application."
>
> Didier> This translates to "this situation constitutes a bug", but
> Didier> doesn't specify an explicit patch for the Debian Policy (aka
> Didier> doesn't explicitly lay down the severity of the bug). I'd
> Didier> argue that in the absence of a new Debian Policy version
> Didier> incorporating the TC decision, such situations would be
> Didier> 'serious' bugs. Can we work towards ironing an adequate
> Didier> wording?
>
> No, i don't think so at all.
> It's quite clear from the TC minutes that serious was not intended,
> and there's no evidence that shall from the TC means the same
> thing as must in the policy.
I'm puzzled by your successive positions about this question in this bug
log, really. But fair enough, I understand you're referring to Keith's
<86si6udah7.fsf@hiro.keithp.com> message:
> we agreed that that this decision would not cause them to be
> classified as RC-buggy for the stretch release.
… although I cannot remember (or find logs for) this precise discussion.
Anyway, I'm hereby retracting my assumption of bug severities to be
applied on packages shipping applications with both XDG and trad menu
entries. Let's get back to finding a proper wording implementing the TC
decision in Policy, please.
OdyX
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