|--==> Andreas Tille writes: AT> On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Free Ekanayaka wrote: AT> Well, I'm sure that this will work if you tag the packages which is definitely AT> a good approach but subgrouping also works in the current system if you AT> put this entry after "menu::" into the menu files. That's all I wanted AT> to say. >> >>But you may need other package specific info, and then you have to add >>more files and things get more complex. I feel it's not that >>scalable..
AT> You are right, my solution does not scale very well. AT> Would it be a problem to move this to AT> /usr/share/cdd/#CDDNAME#/menu ? AT> At least this is the place we agreed to. >> >>I've considered it, don't think I'm a total anarchist. But AFAIK the >>update-menus script doesn't look for (executable) files in the >>directory you mention. It does look for (executable) files in >>/etc/menu. AT> But it does not have to look for executable files or more precisely: it AT> *should* not look for executables. There is only a single executable in AT> /usr/share/menu/cdd-menu AT> This parses /usr/share/cdd/*/menu and builds user menus. Just check out AT> the SVN version from alioth (sorry, viewcvs cgi seems not to work for AT> a direct link :-(). Don't worry I've a SVN working copy of cdd-dev :) For Debian SVN web view use: http://costa.wiggy.net/svn/ AT> The idea behind this script is to check whether AT> the CDD maintainer has provided an "override" menu entry in AT> /usr/share/cdd/#CDDNAME#/menu AT> If not the "normal" menu entry for a package in /usr/{lib,share}/menu is taken. Ok I'll have a look at it. >>I've patched tasksel to support executable .desc, and there's a >>wishlist item for this: >> >>http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=279085 AT> Well done. I was waiting for an "unpatched" solution in official AT> Debian package to implement it in cdd-dev. In principle the code AT> is ready to have this also in cdd-dev. Do you think this bug will AT> be closed soon? I think it will be delayed until sarge is released. But we can push for it, it's a really minor change and it's really bug free. Cheers, Free
