On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 04:14:59PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 1.23.14
> Severity: normal
>
> The description for lintian's menu-icon-not-in-xpm-format check needs to
> be updated since it refers to section 3.4 of the menu policy, which does
> not currently exist.
This actually refers to section 3.7 of the menu manual, not of menu policy,
and this is quite accurate:
3.7. The `icon' field
---------------------
Debian package maintainers should ensure that any icons they include
for use in the Debian menus conform to the following points:
1. The icons should be in xpm format.
So this is not a bug in lintian.
> The alternative is to remove the check entirely, which seems
> appropriate, since there is no mention of the xpm requirement in
> menufile(5) or in the menu policy and using png images in menu files
> works fine (at least in gnome). I also see that 8 packages on my system
> don't use xpm images in their menu items.
Eight wrong don't make a right.
I proposed nearly two years ago to improve icon handling, but no one
volunteered. If nothing come out of this I will add a field icon_png
for PNG icon, but the menu system has to keep low requirement on the
window manager.
Thanks to have CCed me!
Bill
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