Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu

2022-09-21 Thread Simon McVittie
On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 at 21:45:28 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > I just found https://bugs.debian.org/838777, which says packages that only > provide a window manager without a mechanism for launching programs should > not register as x-window-manager See also https://bugs.debian.org/1004522 in which

Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu

2022-09-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > I considered whether instead of starting with a priority of 40, we > should instead bump the priority if the window manager supports the > desktop specification, but I think this is a place where the structure > of X environments has changed over the years. It used to be t

Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu

2022-09-19 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 + pending Hello, On Sun 18 Sep 2022 at 07:53PM -07, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ansgar writes: > >> Section 11.8.4 "Packages providing a window manager" still references >> the Debian menu. But the Debian menu is deprecated. > >> I suggest to remove the reference, for example with th

Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu

2022-09-18 Thread Russ Allbery
Ansgar writes: > Section 11.8.4 "Packages providing a window manager" still references > the Debian menu. But the Debian menu is deprecated. > I suggest to remove the reference, for example with the patch below. > --- a/policy/ch-customized-programs.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-customized-programs.rs

Bug#975631: debian-policy: window manager: remove reference to Debian menu

2020-11-24 Thread Ansgar
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.1.0 Severity: normal Tags: patch Section 11.8.4 "Packages providing a window manager" still references the Debian menu. But the Debian menu is deprecated. I suggest to remove the reference, for example with the patch below. Ansgar --- a/policy/ch-customized-