Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
The 'trad' menu file or the 'desktop' xdg file are only the starting
point of their technical differences; one other technical difference
that matters is the support for icon formats.
You have missed my key point about differences
Le mercredi, 9 avril 2014, 12.21:28 Ian Jackson a écrit :
You have missed my key point about differences of goals between the
two menu systems. The trad menu explicitly has the goal of providing
a menu item for every invokable thing; whereas the desktop menu
maintainers want it to provide
2014-04-09 15:13 GMT+02:00 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud o...@debian.org:
Le mercredi, 9 avril 2014, 12.21:28 Ian Jackson a écrit :
You have missed my key point about differences of goals between the
two menu systems. The trad menu explicitly has the goal of providing
a menu item for every invokable
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
Le mercredi, 9 avril 2014, 12.21:28 Ian Jackson a écrit :
This means that we need two systems.
I don't think I missed the point; I was bringing a orthogonal one. I
understand you think the 'trad' menu is a useful metadata
Matthias Klumpp writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
Regarding metadata, this is something other sources (e.g. DEP-11) can
provide in a much better and less redundant way. What would be
interesting to know is: Why would I want to launch non-GUI
applications from a menu? Usually people
Matthias Klumpp writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
Also think about HIDPI-screens in particular, where these small icons
don't make sense at all (in fact, they are so small that you often
can't even tell what they display).
In situations like this, presumably the icons would need to be
On Wednesday 09 April 2014 15:04:36 Ian Jackson wrote:
Matthias Klumpp writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
Also think about HIDPI-screens in particular, where these small icons
don't make sense at all (in fact, they are so small that you often
can't even tell what they display).
In
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
Le mercredi, 9 avril 2014, 15.00:44 Ian Jackson a écrit :
Right. I understand that some people don't think the comprehensive
menu is useful. However, there are a lot of things in Debian that
some people think aren't useful. The
Sam Hartman writes (Bug#741573: Two menu systems):
So, I'd like to request the TC to first consider whether a consensus was
reached in the process and if so whether there's a compelling reason not
to respect that consensus. If no consensus was reached or the TC finds
it has a compelling
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