On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 09:47:25AM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > 3) Comments should be used to describe the function of the program so > that users who are unfamiliar with the program name will be able to > understand how the program can help them achieve tasks or partake in an > activity. Comments should aim to distinguish the program from similar > programs which may appear in the same menu category. > > Either the Name or the Comment can match parts of the apt-cache > description, if the package only contains a single desktop file. > > e.g. ddd is useless as a Name. Data Display Debugger is OK as a Name, > particularly as the comment is "Graphical debugger frontend". > > There is absolutely no point in Policy mandating that this has to be: > > Name: ddd > Comment: The Data Display Debugger, a graphical debugger frontend
I know I want to use ddd, and when looking in the menu and shows just "Data Display Debugger" I will miss in the first time and go and look for it at some other place, since I have have no idea that that is what I'm looking for. If I do "apt-get install ddd", I epxect to find "ddd" somewhere in the menu. I will find it very annoying when it says "music player" in the menu without telling me *which* one it is. But for people looking for a music player, they don't care (yet) how it's called, so there probably is also a need have a way to display more than just the name of the application. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110420231433.ga20...@roeckx.be
