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Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu



control: tag -1 + pending

Hello,

On Sun 18 Sep 2022 at 07:53PM -07, Russ Allbery wrote:

> Ansgar <ansgar@debian.org> writes:
>
>> Section 11.8.4 "Packages providing a window manager" still references
>> the Debian menu.  But the Debian menu is deprecated.
>
>> I suggest to remove the reference, for example with the patch below.
>
>> --- a/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst
>> +++ b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst
>> @@ -345,13 +345,7 @@ Packages that provide a window manager should declare in their
>>  alternative for ``/usr/bin/x-window-manager``, with a priority
>>  calculated as follows:
>>
>> --  Start with a priority of 20.
>> -
>> --  If the window manager supports the Debian menu system, add 20 points
>> -   if this support is available in the package's default configuration
>> -   (i.e., no configuration files belonging to the system or user have to
>> -   be edited to activate the feature); if configuration files must be
>> -   modified, add only 10 points.
>> +-  Start with a priority of 40.
>>
>>  -  If the window manager complies with `The Window Manager Specification
>>     Project <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/wm-spec>`_,
>
> Yes, this looks right to me.  Seconded.

Likewise seconded, and applied.  Thanks.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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