Bug#707851: Soften the the wording recommending menu files: let's do it in Jessie.

2014-01-05 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi Steve, Jonathan, and Josselin, thanks to the two first of you for your comments. Josselin, there is a question for you below. About the lack of guidance, I think that it is a weakness of my wording, where for instance I used "applications" in one case and "programs" in the other case, but did

Bug#707851: Soften the the wording recommending menu files: let's do it in Jessie.

2014-01-05 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Steve Langasek wrote: > I believe we are at the point that we should be recommending a preference > for the fdo MIME interfaces Yep, and menus, too. Do we have clear advice about (1) how to write a menu entry for my console app (or niche graphical app) without cluttering the menus us

Bug#707851: Soften the the wording recommending menu files: let's do it in Jessie.

2014-01-05 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 02:53:12PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > 9.6. Menus > -- > Two menu systems are used in Debian: the _FreeDesktop menu_ and the > 1 _Debian menu system_. Packages shipping applications that belong to > one or both menu systems should provide the necess

Bug#707851: Soften the the wording recommending menu files: let's do it in Jessie.

2014-01-05 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 03:00:05PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Hi Charles, > + > + The Debian menu system > + > + > + The Debian menu unifies the menu systems of window managers. In > + some desktop environments

Bug#707851: Soften the the wording recommending menu files: let's do it in Jessie.

2014-01-05 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 02:53:12PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > Dear all, > > Based on Josselin's contribution and the comments of Russ, I have written > a patch for the Debian Policy, that documents the use of the FreeDesktop > standards for the use of Desktop menus and media types (MIME). Tha