Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Bill Allombert [Tue, Apr 11 2006, 12:34:45AM]: > Please take into account that Debian menu will only display modules > suitable for the running window-manager (because they use a specific Okay... now I understand. > 'needs' field that only this wm 'support'). So in effect you are jus

Re: Policy Translation

2006-04-10 Thread Jens Seidel
Hi Felipe, I added Manoj Srivastava to CC: because he has write access to the debian-policy CVS module (http://cvs.debian.org/debian-policy/?root=debian-policy). Since it is stored outside DDP (debian-doc module) I doubt that people from the DDP have write access to it. On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 07

Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Bill Allombert [Mon, Apr 10 2006, 11:57:48PM]: > I would like to stress that modules menu entries use window-managers > specific 'needs' fields and as such are not bound by the Debian menu > sub-policy (each window manager can choose its own section for modules) > so it is meant only a

Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 12:22:53AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Bill Allombert [Mon, Apr 10 2006, 11:57:48PM]: > > > I would like to stress that modules menu entries use window-managers > > specific 'needs' fields and as such are not bound by the Debian menu > > sub-policy (each wind

Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 08:31:14AM +0200, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include > * Bill Allombert [Sat, Apr 08 2006, 04:46:10PM]: > > > Window Managers [was:WindowManagers] > > Modules [was:WindowManagers/Modules] > > I cannot see the reason for this change. "Modules" can stand for any > kind of modul

Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 10:46:21AM -0600, Shaun Jackman wrote: > Is it possible to make use of freedesktop.org's standardization of > menu layout within Debian? If we find their standard lacking, could we > lobby them for improvements similar to those listed here? The freedesktop.org menu draft do

Re: Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Ben Finney
On 10-Apr-2006, Linas Žvirblis wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > >> Yes, but they are only shown if you run a VM they belong to. > >> Being a user of a VM that uses modules, you can be expected to > >> know what they are. > > > > I don't believe that's true; you seem to be conflating "user" with > > "p

Bug#361418: [Proposal] new Debian menu structure

2006-04-10 Thread Linas Žvirblis
Ben Finney wrote: >> Yes, but they are only shown if you run a VM they belong to. Being a >> user of a VM that uses modules, you can be expected to know what >> they are. > > I don't believe that's true; you seem to be conflating "user" with > "person who installs the software". Most users of a c