Bug#707851: debian-policy: soften the wording recommending menu files

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:51:13PM +0200, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On Sunday 12 May 2013 12:07:30 Bill Allombert wrote:
> 
> > > And it is probably similar for many other window managers and desktop
> > > environments.
> > 
> > How many window managers support the XDG menu specification ?
> 
> Most[tm]

For Most[tm] =  15% I assume.

> It is *the* menu in Gnome, in KDE's workspaces, in XFCE, in LXDE, in razor-qt, 
> in trinity, mate, cinnamon.

Does Debian actually include trinity and mate ?
Which of them are compliant with the XDG menu specification ?

> For fluxbox, openbox, blackbox, fvwm, icewm, windowmaker, gnustep and probably 
> others, there exists scripts that convert a XDG menu structure into their own 
> formats, not unlike currently where scripts is used to convert the debian menu 
> structure into their own formats.

None of those scripts are compliant with the XDG menu specification.

By constrast, Debian menu supports at least 36 window managers.
I do not see any benefit to dismantle Debian menu at this stage.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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