Hi Sean,

Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes:

> control: tag -1 +patch
>
> Hello tech-ctte,
>
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 08:53:09AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
>> So yes, point 2 corresponds to your:
>> > - delete that paragraph
>> > - add a new paragraph saying "if there is a desktop file, there should
>> >   be no menu file"
>> [...]
>> That said, now that thanks to new forces, the process seems vivid and strong 
>> again, it does indeed make sense to reassign that to Policy. I'm hereby 
>> doing 
>> this, marking the TC as "affected". We'd still be happy to help on the 
>> wording, ideally during DebConf!
>
> Here is my proposed patch to policy.  Since the TC has made a decision,
> it doesn't make sense to seek seconds for this change, in the usual way.
> So instead I'd like to see "seconds" from at least three TC members
> confirming that this patch is sufficient to close this bug:
>
> diff --git a/policy.xml b/policy.xml
> index 3daa532..934a85b 100644
> --- a/policy.xml
> +++ b/policy.xml
> @@ -8990,14 +8990,8 @@ Reloading <replaceable>description</replaceable> 
> configuration...done.</screen>
>          receive extra contributions such as translations.
>        </para>
>        <para>
> -        Packages can, to be compatible with Debian additions to some
> -        window managers that do not support the FreeDesktop standard, also
> -        provide a <emphasis>Debian menu</emphasis> file, following the
> -        <emphasis>Debian menu policy</emphasis>, which can be found in the
> -        <literal>menu-policy</literal> files in the
> -        <literal>debian-policy</literal> package.  It is also available
> -        from the Debian web mirrors at <ulink
> -        
> url="https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/";>https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/</ulink>.
> +        If a package installs a FreeDesktop desktop entries, it must
> +        not also install a Debian menu entry.

You appear to have a singular/plural mismatch with:

  installs a FreeDesktop desktop entries

I guess that should instead be:

  installs FreeDesktop desktop entries

(or perhaps it should be singular throughout, I'm not sure)

Cheers, Phil.

P.S. Just in case this is an oversight, rather than an intentional
change:

  Shouldn't "desktop entry" and "Debian menu entry" be somehow
  emphasised, to make it clear that there is a reference back to the
  earlier definition?

If you meant to get rid of that, no problem.
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