Debian Bug report logs - #128681
[PROPOSAL]: Debian Menu Policy

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ben Bucksch <linux@bucksch.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Debian Menu Policy

Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:17:57 +0100

Package: menu
Version: 2.1.5-10

The Debian menu contents seem to lack any concept:

   * nautilus is in System and the Gnome Menu Editor is in Tools
   * Tools is much too long
   * some entries are names after filename ("nautilus"), some after
     their name ("Gnome Menu Edtior"). This is especially bad, because
     in GNOME, all capitalized names come before those with lower case.

In short they are in a sorrow state and desperately need someone to 
massively extend the policy 
<http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/ch2.html> and 
enforce it.

Message #12 received at 128681@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

To: 128681@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Processed: bugs assigned to the wrong package

Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 01:06:11 -0500

Hi,

        Isn't this premature to send this for policy creation?
  Shouldn't we work out a solution, implement it, work out the kinks,
  and _then_ make policy about it?

	manoj
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Message #17 received at 128681@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr>

To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, 128681@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#128681: Processed: bugs assigned to the wrong package

Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:57:01 +0200

On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 01:06:11AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>         Isn't this premature to send this for policy creation?
>   Shouldn't we work out a solution, implement it, work out the kinks,
>   and _then_ make policy about it?

The bug references the menu policy which is in debian-policy, but was filed
under the menu package, and obviously ignored.

If you ask me, feel free to close the bug explaining the proper procedure to
the submitter.

-- 
     2. That which causes joy or happiness.

Message #28 received at 128681-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>

To: 128681-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#128681: [PROPOSAL]: Debian Menu Policy

Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:04:04 -0700

The original bug raised three issues:

   * nautilus is in System and the Gnome Menu Editor is in Tools
   * Tools is much too long
   * some entries are names after filename ("nautilus"), some after
     their name ("Gnome Menu Edtior"). This is especially bad, because
     in GNOME, all capitalized names come before those with lower case.

The new menu structure adopted recently will hopefully fix the first two
points.  For the third point, the menu manual recommends properly
capitalizing the title, and it's reasonable to put something in Menu
Policy recommending how to write title and longtitle.  However, this is a
mixed report with several issues and doesn't include a concrete proposal.

I'm therefore closing this particular report, but if someone else would
like to make a concrete proposal for title and longtitle policy or
recommendations, please feel free to open a new Policy bug with that
proposal.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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