Turns out the geda meta-package should have had an extra "Recommends" on "extra-xdg-menus" (see its changelog), however there was no change to the package's control file. I've sent a message to the Debian maintainer to try and get that fixed.
("extra-xdg-menus" is not yet in Ubuntu, but I just filed a sync request) -- Please sync various bits of geda 1.4.0 (universe) from Debian unstable (main) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/191441 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs