Bug#707851: Please do not remove menu before .desktop is fixed (if it ever will be)

[Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>]

Le dimanche 12 mai 2013 à 12:36 +0200, Bernhard R. Link a écrit : 
> Some points for a having menu files:
> 
> - it is supposed to include all programs, and does
>   not do choices like "you don't want that program"

In my opinion, this is an anti-feature. A menu is not some random place
to shove all your programs. It is a key part of the user interface, and
needs to be thought as such.

> - it is properly documented (like how do I as administrator
>   override and change a menu setting globally).
> - it is properly documented for maintainers

The XDG menu system is properly documented as well.

> - there is still no policy for .desktop entries (a standard
>   describing the format is no policy)

That, indeed, is lacking. This is what I have started to draft in my
previous proposal.

> - it can express features modern DEs lack (like switching
>   between different environment without closing programs).

This is the perfect example of an anti-feature. Who needs that? What is
the use case? Selection should be done once from the login manager, in
the real world no one needs to dynamically switch WMs.

All in all I don’t see why we couldn’t just drop menu altogether or
replace it by a XDG menu implementation. In all cases, it doesn’t have a
place in the policy anymore.

Cheers,
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