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8 Debian GNU/Linux Menu Sub-Policy Manual.
11 released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version
12 2 or (at your option) any later.
14 The debian-policy mailing list has taken responsibility for the
15 contents of this document, with the package maintainers responsible
16 for packaging adminstrivia only.
22 <title>The Debian Menu sub-policy</title>
24 <name>Chris Waters </name>
25 <email>xtifr@dsp.net</email>
28 <name>Joey Hess</name>
29 <email>joey@kitenet.net</email>
32 <name>Joost Witteveen</name>
33 <email>joostje@debian.org</email>
36 <name>The Debian Policy mailing List</name>
37 <email>debian-policy@lists.debian.org</email>
39 <version>version &version;, &date;</version>
42 This manual describes the policy requirements for the Menu
43 system used in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. This
44 document is part of the policy package for Debian. The policy
45 package itself is maintained by a group of maintainers that
46 have no editorial powers. At the moment, the list of
50 <p>Michael Alan Dorman <email>mdorman@debian.org</email></p>
53 <p>Richard Braakman <email>dark@xs4all.nl</email></p>
56 <p>Philip Hands <email>phil@hands.com</email></p>
59 <p>Manoj Srivastava <email>srivasta@debian.org</email></p>
67 Copyright ©1999 .
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97 <heading>About this document</heading>
99 The latest copy of this document can be found at
100 <ftpsite>ftp.debian.org</ftpsite>
101 <ftppath>/debian/doc/package-developer/menu-policy.txt</ftppath>
104 This document has been extracted and separated from the
105 <em>Menu</em> package to:<enumlist>
107 <p>Increase the visibility of the Menu sub policy</p>
111 Reduce the coupling between policy and
112 implementation. If this separation is not made, every
113 time we want to change menu policy, we have to arrange
114 to get the maintainer to release a new version of the
115 package, even if the package has not otherwise
116 changed. It also involves yet another layer, making the
117 policy changes that much harder to implement.</p>
123 <heading>Menu Structure</heading>
125 If you have a package which doesn't fit within the existing
126 menu hierarchy, please bring it up on the debian-devel mailing
127 list. If you have other proposals for changing the menu
128 hierarchy, or making other changes to menu policy, please
129 bring it up on debian-policy.
132 <heading>Preferred menu structure</heading>
134 Here is the authoritative list of Debian's menu
135 structure. Please do not put your packages into any other
136 sections without asking for permission first!
141 <p>normal applications</p>
145 <p>interactive database programs</p>
149 <p>text editors, word processors</p>
153 <p>wine, dosemu, etc.</p>
157 <p>image manipulation</p>
161 <p>anything relating to ham radio</p>
165 <p>math related programs</p>
169 <p>network programs that don't fit elsewhere</p>
171 <tag>Programming</tag>
173 <p>debuggers, etc.</p>
177 <p>simple apps, like clocks, that perform only one task</p>
181 <p>technical stuff</p>
185 <p>text oriented tools other than editors</p>
189 <p>bash, ksh, zsh, etc.</p>
193 <p>sound players and editors</p>
201 <p>system administration and monitoring tools</p>
208 <p>games and recreations</p>
212 <p>walk around virtual space, zork, MOO's, etc</p>
216 <p>any game where reflexes count</p>
220 <p>games played on a board</p>
224 <p>games involving a deck of cards</p>
228 <p>tests of ingenuity and logic</p>
232 <p>games derived from "real world" sports</p>
236 <p>games involving long term strategic thinking</p>
238 <tag>Tetris-like</tag>
240 <p>games involving falling blocks</p>
244 <p>amusements, eye-candy, etc.</p>
251 <p>programs that provide user documentation</p>
255 <p>programs that affect the whole screen</p>
260 <p>programs to lock the screen</p>
266 <tag>Root-window</tag>
268 <p>things that fill the root window</p>
273 <tag>WindowManagers</tag>
275 <p>X window managers</p>
280 <p>window manager modules</p>
287 <p>xterm and its brethren</p>