Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-14 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 07:56:03AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: >> > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: >> >> Wouter> So, I'm with Guillem on this one. >> >> Wouter> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to f

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-14 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 07:56:03AM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: > > > Wouter> So, I'm with Guillem on this one. > > > Wouter> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a > Wouter> second file, if that somehow makes the experienc

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-13 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 13 octobre 2015, 07.52:55 Sam Hartman a écrit : > >> Le mardi, 13 octobre 2015, 08.55:07 Wouter Verhelst a écrit: > >> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a second > >> file, if that somehow makes the experience of menu users better > >> than what the fdo menu would hav

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-13 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Wouter" == Wouter Verhelst writes: Wouter> So, I'm with Guillem on this one. Wouter> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a Wouter> second file, if that somehow makes the experience of menu Wouter> users better than what the fdo menu would have given th

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-13 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Didier" == Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: Didier> Le mardi, 13 octobre 2015, 08.55:07 Wouter Verhelst a écrit Didier> : >> But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a second >> file, if that somehow makes the experience of menu users better >> than what the f

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-13 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 13 octobre 2015, 08.55:07 Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > But _forbidding_ maintainers who want to from shipping a second file, > if that somehow makes the experience of menu users better than what > the fdo menu would have given them? Sorry, but that seems petty and > silly. For context, th

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-10-13 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 11:39:47AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le mardi, 29 septembre 2015, 02.10:01 Guillem Jover a écrit : > > Wow, this is such terrible policy… So we have supporters of the XDG > > format, and supporters of the menu format. Some of those would and > > have accepted file

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-30 Thread Guillem Jover
(Obviously whenever you say you are out of a discussion or will not reply anymore there's some compelling reason to do otherwise…) On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 18:05:02 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Guillem Jover wrote: > You seem to be framing this as a XDG vs menu formats. I see it in >

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Josselin Mouette
Guillem Jover wrote: You seem to be framing this as a XDG vs menu formats. I see it in great part as applications showing up on WM/DE or not. The collateral damage from the TC decision are applications, WM/DE and its users from either format. Only if WMs keep on u

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Guillem Jover
On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 15:13:28 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le mardi, 29 septembre 2015, 14.34:35 Guillem Jover a écrit : > > W/o anyone to implement this in the menu programs, this is just > > wishful thinking, and might leave big chunks of our users with > > inaccessible applications. On

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 03:25:25PM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > > I noticed you committed this typo of mine to the git repository, sorry > for that: > > Le jeudi, 17 septembre 2015, 15.25:54 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > > + Applications that are registred in the desktop m

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Hi Charles, I noticed you committed this typo of mine to the git repository, sorry for that: Le jeudi, 17 septembre 2015, 15.25:54 Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > + Applications that are registred in the desktop menu shall ---^ Cheers, OdyX sig

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 29 septembre 2015, 14.34:35 Guillem Jover a écrit : > Which contains the requirements for the XDG entry, one of those being > the icon. If the upstream part does not contain a suitable icon, then > removing the XDG entry and any relevant icon shipped in the debian/ > directory makes the a

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Guillem Jover
On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 11:39:47 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le mardi, 29 septembre 2015, 02.10:01 Guillem Jover a écrit : > > Wow, this is such terrible policy… So we have supporters of the XDG > > format, and supporters of the menu format. Some of those would and > > have accepted files of

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 09:24:20AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > > For what I'm concerned, at least for the "cherry-picking" part of the TC > decision, please go ahead. Commited and pushed! I attached a consolidated patch that summarises the changes. Cheers, -- Charles Plessy Tsuru

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 29 septembre 2015, 02.10:01 Guillem Jover a écrit : > Wow, this is such terrible policy… So we have supporters of the XDG > format, and supporters of the menu format. Some of those would and > have accepted files of their non-preferred format in their packages, > some have outright refuse

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-29 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le mardi, 22 septembre 2015, 13.47:31 Charles Plessy a écrit : > Le Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:27:53AM -0400, Sam Hartman a écrit : > > Hi. I've been debating how to respond to the shall vs must thing. > > The short answer is that there are reasons why you might prefer > > shall, but I find that I'd

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-28 Thread Guillem Jover
On Thu, 2015-09-17 at 15:25:54 +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > - Packages can, to be compatible with Debian additions to some window > - managers that do not support the FreeDesktop standard, also provide a > + Applications that are not registered in the desktop m

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-22 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Charles" == Charles Plessy writes: Charles> Le Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:27:53AM -0400, Sam Hartman a Charles> écrit : >> Hi. I've been debating how to respond to the shall vs must >> thing. The short answer is that there are reasons why you might >> prefer shall, but I

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-21 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 11:27:53AM -0400, Sam Hartman a écrit : > Hi. I've been debating how to respond to the shall vs must thing. The > short answer is that there are reasons why you might prefer shall, but I > find that I'd rather say "must is good enough," than try and come up > with an artic

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-21 Thread Sam Hartman
Hi. I've been debating how to respond to the shall vs must thing. The short answer is that there are reasons why you might prefer shall, but I find that I'd rather say "must is good enough," than try and come up with an articulate presentation of the energy which would conclude by saying that if

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 03:25:54PM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit : > > > I'm hereby proposing the following diff for point 2, as a discussion > starter: > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index ee1e9f4..83e4057 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -8192,14 +8192,18

Bug#707851: Debian Menu Systems : Implementation of the TC decision

2015-09-17 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Control: severity -1 important Hi all, As you have certainly seen on debian-devel-announce [0], the Technical Committee has ruled on the question of Debian Menu Systems, and the technical decision should now find a form within the Debian Policy. First, the commit designed in the aforementionned