Your message dated Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:49:59 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#707851: fixed in debian-policy 3.9.8.0 has caused the Debian Bug report #707851, regarding debian-policy: soften the wording recommending menu files to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: debian-policy Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, In the default desktop installation of Debian, the Debian menu is actively hidden (On GNOME by a patch to gnome-menus). In the - I think - most common alternate used desktop setup (KDE Plasma Desktop), the Debian menu looks like a weird icon-less graft-on mostly duplicating what is already in the menu structure elsewhere. And there is people around KDE in Debian considering the same approach as Gnome. And it is probably similar for many other window managers and desktop environments. Also, many popular packages have stopped providing menu-files for the Debian menu. So let's soften the wording a little around debian menu files in policy so that people don't feel like they *have* to create menu files that aren't much used. So, I would suggest the following: --- a/policy.sgml +++ b/policy.sgml @@ -7984,20 +7984,8 @@ Reloading <var>description</var> configuration...done. <sect id="menus"> <heading>Menus</heading> - <p> - The Debian <tt>menu</tt> package provides a standard - interface between packages providing applications and - <em>menu programs</em> (either X window managers or - text-based menu programs such as <prgn>pdmenu</prgn>). - </p> - - <p> - All packages that provide applications that need not be - passed any special command line arguments for normal - operation should register a menu entry for those - applications, so that users of the <tt>menu</tt> package - will automatically get menu entries in their window - managers, as well in shells like <tt>pdmenu</tt>. + <p>Packages can, to be compatible with legacy debian additions + to some legacy window managers, provide a menu file. </p> <p> Thank you for considering /Sune -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- Begin Message ---Source: debian-policy Source-Version: 3.9.8.0 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Don Armstrong <[email protected]> (supplier of updated debian-policy package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:26:05 -0800 Source: debian-policy Binary: debian-policy Architecture: source all Version: 3.9.8.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian Policy List <[email protected]> Changed-By: Don Armstrong <[email protected]> Description: debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents Closes: 707851 Changes: debian-policy (3.9.8.0) unstable; urgency=medium . * Policy: The Debian menu is optionally supported. Wording: Charles Plessy <[email protected]> Seconded: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <[email protected]> Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <[email protected]> (for the menu entries) Seconded: Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Closes: #707851 Checksums-Sha1: 038154a8c1eb9446de85af27d837253da901ca0d 1901 debian-policy_3.9.8.0.dsc 0d805c54226e5fc125d37627277f79591d840903 652088 debian-policy_3.9.8.0.tar.xz 1b32241616fafaf9f2aed0d43704df956cd79962 1907022 debian-policy_3.9.8.0_all.deb Checksums-Sha256: bfbd5646f5561bc4688ed668f9a9ceae14e8c6accd67726a5e4694dd8412bad6 1901 debian-policy_3.9.8.0.dsc 380bdcf69d588b2eccebf845e7d9e322633e38ee2062a8b2a0504d00f13933ca 652088 debian-policy_3.9.8.0.tar.xz 23312883bd910db4e09987a771718d6e719e73deecf2aaab2f0186cab93d38d2 1907022 debian-policy_3.9.8.0_all.deb Files: 8dd749dc79a068d6d9c39a1574d6711f 1901 doc optional debian-policy_3.9.8.0.dsc e3578b165ecea5d242ffce33ffded382 652088 doc optional debian-policy_3.9.8.0.tar.xz 50394eeb977efbc4ef54750938d6db75 1907022 doc optional debian-policy_3.9.8.0_all.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIVAwUBVvtEUKLRMAHZjA+6AQoQrhAAix9DfOSnE+g8D/pcLqpggWH0nhshbMf3 kbelBPP/X/WreESPr5khdxdr6UwuTWc+He2S/WGmYXHauLlRucDFVIG+tjMzTUHi TPDbNjp5XBtCp0wWxUBRYfmeI2BZTBxPhWyg0EAiYhVKEedLi0ssjRG/Hgk107o3 LOahnwpjUz87KOwIAxcZC2ZsAbMjIiHy2V8JEEBEeag13h0dbyCHMPfM3+wBtknP 87PqDWHLarCK98IVCMgMfukUFYjAoF70Hll45H0xl4q9fxK4xkmSC72UTGUCBPSD NidIr1sxAL6nWz5lyqVPimPnA4ybLqv/jAqHZYAh7dqBSOnufR0mCv5kCy3YR6P5 80d4cX9WqAuXspfle+1PxG5lxYwooFHzv89zgfCPJtAWR+2g50tEyLB8dnXNUjCw mvnnbMllbuh0ppmnvAU/B2XFsJm4b7eZb6RlyLdVmyDFg3RC/wMTaBrwQ2oZDH5I mFJjZf59SoA+tvnWM5PynVUw7OQWgH2BQ3QPGQVm7/IsqUi8D/StWx25wfKSZx2/ GiEA67AwZNkJ2/+5KWKxfDkM6dU7egzynID88rKajy9bzBzBwiwS+0H5aUlUmH3q 8u54xP0yzMvP7xS/prh+uXPq8vVQwbYJcijuf5ITh41J1WR1GMnMRjhPggPdtXy2 cTEObMAM2CU= =WQIO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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