menu-policy.sgml

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  14   <book>
  15     <titlepag>
  16       <title>The Debian Menu sub-policy</title>
  17       <author>
  18         <name>Chris Waters</name>
  19       </author>
  20       <author>
  21         <name>Joey Hess</name>
  22       </author>
  23       <author>
  24         <name>Joost Witteveen</name>
  25       </author>
  26       <author>
  27         <name>The Debian Policy mailing List</name>
  28         <email>debian-policy@lists.debian.org</email>
  29       </author>
  30       <version>version &version;, &date;</version>
  31
  32       <abstract>
  33         This manual describes the policy requirements for the Menu
  34         system used in the Debian distribution. This
  35         document is part of the policy package for Debian.
  36       </abstract>
  37
  38       <copyright>
  39         <copyrightsummary>
  40           Copyright &copy; 1999 Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
  41         </copyrightsummary>
  42         <p>
  43           This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or
  44           modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  45           as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  46           2, or (at your option) any later version.
  47         </p>
  48         <p>
  49           This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  50           <em>without any warranty</em>; without even the implied
  51           warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
  52           purpose.  See the GNU General Public License for more
  53           details.
  54         </p>
  55         <p>
  56           A copy of the GNU General Public License is available as
  57           <tt>/usr/doc/copyright/GPL</tt> in the Debian
  58           distribution or on the World Wide Web at
  59           <url id="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
  60           name="The GNU General Public Licence">. You can also obtain it by writing to the
  61           Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
  62           Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  63         </p>
  64       </copyright>
  65     </titlepag>
  66
  67     <toc detail="sect">
  68     <chapt>
  69       <heading>About this document</heading>
  70
  71       <p>
  72         This document is distributed as the <tt>menu-policy</tt> files
  73         in the Debian package
  74         <package><url name="debian-policy" id="http://packages.debian.org/debian-policy"></package>.
  75         It is also available from the Debian web mirrors at
  76         <tt><url name="/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"
  77                 id="http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/menu-policy/"></tt>.
  78       </p>
  79
  80       <p>
  81         This document has been extracted and separated from the
  82         <em>Menu</em> package to:<enumlist>
  83           <item>
  84             <p>Increase the visibility of the Menu sub policy</p>
  85           </item>
  86           <item>
  87             <p>
  88               Reduce the coupling between policy and
  89               implementation. If this separation is not made, every
  90               time we want to change menu policy, we have to arrange
  91               to get the maintainer to release a new version of the
  92               package, even if the package has not otherwise
  93               changed. It also involves yet another layer, making the
  94               policy changes that much harder to implement.</p>
  95           </item>
  96         </enumlist>
  97       </p>
  98     </chapt>
  99
 100     <chapt>
 101       <heading>Menu Structure</heading>
 102       <p>
 103         If you have a package which doesn't fit within the existing
 104         menu hierarchy, please bring it up on the debian-devel mailing
 105         list.  If you have other proposals for changing the menu
 106         hierarchy, or making other changes to menu policy, please
 107         bring it up on debian-policy.
 108       </p>
 109       <sect>
 110         <heading>Preferred menu structure</heading>
 111         <p>
 112           Here is the authoritative list of Debian's menu
 113           structure. Packages must be placed in leaf sections.
 114         </p>
 115         <p><taglist>
 116             <tag>Applications</tag>
 117             <item>
 118               <p>Normal applications</p>
 119               <p><taglist>
 120                   <tag>Applications/Accessibility</tag>
 121                   <item>
 122                     <p>Tools to aid people with disabilities or for machines
 123                        lacking usual input devices.</p>
 124                     <p>Examples: gok, yasr, dasher.</p>
 125                   </item>
 126                   <tag>Applications/Amateur Radio</tag>
 127                   <item>
 128                     <p>Anything relating to HAM radio.</p>
 129                     <p>Examples: baken, hamsoft, twlog</p>
 130                   </item>
 131                   <tag>Applications/Data Management</tag>
 132                   <item>
 133                     <p>Interactive database programs, collection managers,
 134                        address books, bibliography tools, etc.</p>
 135                     <p>gaby, alexandria, mdbtools</p>
 136                   </item>
 137                   <tag>Applications/Editors</tag>
 138                   <item>
 139                     <p>Editors, other than office word processors, for
 140                        text-based information.</p>
 141                     <p>Examples: ksubtile, nano, hexedit</p>
 142                   </item>
 143                   <tag>Applications/Education</tag>
 144                   <item>
 145                     <p>Educational and training softwares.</p>
 146                     <p>Examples: gtypist, gcompris, quiz</p>
 147                   </item>
 148                   <tag>Applications/Emulators</tag>
 149                   <item>
 150                     <p>Software that allows you to run non-native
 151                     software or more than one OS at a time.</p>
 152                     <p>Examples: wine, dosemu, qemu</p>
 153                   </item>
 154                   <tag>Applications/File Management</tag>
 155                   <item>
 156                     <p>Tools for file management, archiving,
 157                     searching, CD/DVD burning, backup, etc.</p>
 158                     <p>Examples: file-roller, mc, baobab</p>
 159                   </item>
 160                   <tag>Applications/Graphics</tag>
 161                   <item>
 162                     <p>2D and 3D graphics manipulation software.</p>
 163                     <p>Examples: gimp, inkscape, imagemagick</p>
 164                   </item>
 165                   <tag>Applications/Mobile Devices</tag>
 166                   <item>
 167                     <p>Software that allows you to interface with mobile
 168                        devices (phones, PDAs, etc.).</p>
 169                     <p>Examples: kandy, gnokii, gnome-pilot</p>
 170                   </item>
 171                   <tag>Applications/Network</tag>
 172                   <item>
 173                     Network related software. This is a three-level
 174                     section, do not put entries directly here.
 175                     <taglist>
 176                     <tag>Applications/Network/Communication</tag>
 177                     <item>
 178                       <p>Mail, USENET news, chat, instant messaging,
 179                          IP telephony, video conferencing software, etc.</p>
 180                       <p>Examples: xchat, gaim, mutt</p>
 181                     </item>
 182                     <tag>Applications/Network/File Transfer</tag>
 183                     <item>
 184                        <p>File transfer software such as download
 185                           managers, FTP clients, P2P clients, etc.</p>
 186                        <p>Examples: amule, gftp, d4x</p>
 187                     </item>
 188                     <tag>Applications/Network/Monitoring</tag>
 189                     <item>
 190                        <p>Network monitoring software</p>
 191                        <p>Examples: gip, ettercap, iptstate</p>
 192                     </item>
 193                     <tag>Applications/Network/Web Browsing</tag>
 194                     <item>
 195                        <p>Web browsers, tools for offline browsing, etc.</p>
 196                        <p>Examples: elinks, epiphany-browser, webhttrack</p>
 197                     </item>
 198                     <tag>Applications/Network/Web News</tag>
 199                     <item>
 200                       <p>Web feed (RSS, Atom, etc.) and podcast aggregators.
 201                       </p>
 202                       <p>Examples: akregator, kitty, liferea</p>
 203                     </item>
 204                     </taglist>
 205                   </item>
 206                   <tag>Applications/Office</tag>
 207                   <item>
 208                   <p>Office suites, word processors, spreadsheets,
 209                      CRM, ERP, financial sofware, etc.</p>
 210                   <p>Examples: openoffice.org, tinyerp-client, gnucash</p>
 211                   </item>
 212                   <tag>Applications/Programming</tag>
 213                   <item>
 214                     <p>IDEs, debuggers, etc.</p>
 215                     <p>Examples: anjuta, gdb, eclipse</p>
 216                   </item>
 217                   <tag>Applications/Project Management</tag>
 218                   <item>
 219                     <p>Timetable managers, group task trackers,
 220                     bug tracking software, etc.</p>
 221                     <p>Examples: planner, bugzilla, gnotime</p>
 222                   </item>
 223                   <tag>Applications/Science</tag>
 224                   <item>
 225                   Scientific and engineering-related software.
 226                   <taglist>
 227                     <tag>Applications/Science/Astronomy</tag>
 228                     <item>
 229                       <p>Astronomy-related software.</p>
 230                       <p>Examples: celestia, spacechart, stellarium</p>
 231                     </item>
 232                     <tag>Applications/Science/Biology</tag>
 233                     <item>
 234                       <p>Biology-related software.</p>
 235                       <p>Examples: arb, ncbi-tools-x11, seaview</p>
 236                     </item>
 237                     <tag>Applications/Science/Chemistry</tag>
 238                     <item>
 239                       <p>Chemistry-related software.</p>
 240                       <p>Examples: chemtool, kalzium, xdrawchem</p>
 241                     </item>
 242                     <tag>Applications/Science/Data Analysis</tag>
 243                     <item>
 244                       <p>Software designed for processing, extracting,
 245                          and presenting generic scientific data.</p>
 246                       <p>Examples: fityk, ygraph, mn-fit</p>
 247                     </item>
 248                     <tag>Applications/Science/Electronics</tag>
 249                     <item>
 250                       <p>Circuit design tools, simulators and
 251                          assemblers for microprocessors, etc</p>
 252                       <p>Examples: geda, gnucap, tkgate</p>
 253                     </item>
 254                     <tag>Applications/Science/Engineering</tag>
 255                     <item>
 256                       <p>CAD, UML tools, diagram-drawing and
 257                          other engineering-related software.</p>
 258                       <p>Examples: tcm, dia, qcad</p>
 259                     </item>
 260                     <tag>Applications/Science/Geoscience</tag>
 261                     <item>
 262                       <p>Geoscience-related software.</p>
 263                       <p>Examples: earth3d, qgis, therion</p>
 264                     </item>
 265                     <tag>Applications/Science/Mathematics</tag>
 266                     <item>
 267                       <p>Mathematics-related software.</p>
 268                       <p>Examples: gcalctool, snappea, xeukleides</p>
 269                     </item>
 270                     <tag>Applications/Science/Medicine</tag>
 271                     <item>
 272                       <p>Medicine-related software.</p>
 273                       <p>Examples: mssstest, gnumed-client, xmedcon</p>
 274                     </item>
 275                     <tag>Applications/Science/Physics</tag>
 276                     <item>
 277                       <p>Physics-related software.</p>
 278                       <p>Examples: kxterm, ifrit, paw</p>
 279                     </item>
 280                     <tag>Applications/Science/Social</tag>
 281                     <item>
 282                       <p>Social sciences-related software.</p>
 283                       <p>Examples: gnomesword, hanzim, bibletime</p>
 284                     </item>
 285                   </taglist>
 286                   </item>
 287                   <tag>Applications/Shells</tag>
 288                   <item>
 289                     <p>Various shells to be used inside a terminal emulator.</p>
 290                     <p>Examples: bash, ksh, zsh</p>
 291                   </item>
 292                   <tag>Applications/Sound</tag>
 293                   <item>
 294                     <p>Sound players, editors, and rippers/recorders.</p>
 295                     <p>Examples: beep-media-player, grip, audacity</p>
 296                   </item>
 297                   <tag>Applications/System</tag>
 298                   <item>
 299                     System related software.
 300                   <taglist>
 301                     <tag>Applications/System/Administration</tag>
 302                     <item>
 303                       <p>Administrative and system configuration utilities,
 304                          also tools for personal user settings.</p>
 305                       <p>Examples: gnome-control-center, configure-debian, gksu</p>
 306                     </item>
 307                     <tag>Applications/System/Hardware</tag>
 308                     <item>
 309                       <p>Tools for manipulating specific hardware,
 310                          especially non-standard laptop hardware.</p>
 311                       <p>Examples: toshutils, nvclock-gtk, nvtv</p>
 312                     </item>
 313                     <tag>Applications/System/Language Environment</tag>
 314                     <item>
 315                       <p>This section is reserved for language-env as a
 316                          special case.</p>
 317                     </item>
 318                     <tag>Applications/System/Monitoring</tag>
 319                     <item>
 320                       <p>System information and monitoring tools, log viewers,
 321                          etc.</p>
 322                       <p>Examples: top, hal-device-manager, gtkdiskfree</p>
 323                     </item>
 324                     <tag>Applications/System/Package Management</tag>
 325                     <item>
 326                       <p>Package managers and related tools.</p>
 327                       <p>Examples: aptitude, deborphan, smartpm</p>
 328                     </item>
 329                     <tag>Applications/System/Security</tag>
 330                     <item>
 331                       <p>Security, cryptography and privacy related software,
 332                          antiviruses, tools to track and report bugs, etc.</p>
 333                       <p>Examples: gpgkeys, bastille, avscan</p>
 334                     </item>
 335                     </taglist>
 336                   </item>
 337                   <tag>Applications/Terminal Emulators</tag>
 338                   <item>
 339                     <p>Graphical terminal emulators.</p>
 340                     <p>Examples: xterm, gnome-terminal, rxvt</p>
 341                   </item>
 342                   <tag>Applications/Text</tag>
 343                   <item>
 344                     <p>Text oriented tools like dictionaries, OCR,
 345                        translation, text analysis software, etc.</p>
 346                     <p>Examples: kdrill, stardict, turkey</p>
 347                   </item>
 348                   <tag>Applications/TV and Radio</tag>
 349                   <item>
 350                     <p>TV-in, TV-out, FM radio, teletext browsers, etc.</p>
 351                     <p>Examples: gradio, gatos, alevt</p>
 352                   </item>
 353                   <tag>Applications/Viewers</tag>
 354                   <item>
 355                     <p>Software for viewing images, documents
 356                        and other (non-video) media.</p>
 357                     <p>Examples: gqview, evince, gthumb</p>
 358                   </item>
 359                   <tag>Applications/Video</tag>
 360                   <item>
 361                     <p>Video players, editors, and rippers/recorders.</p>
 362                     <p>Examples: istanbul, totem, kino</p>
 363                   </item>
 364                   <tag>Applications/Web Development</tag>
 365                   <item>
 366                     <p>Software for web site editing, web
 367                        programming, and site administration.</p>
 368                     <p>Examples: bluefish, screem, gphpedit</p>
 369                   </item>
 370                 </taglist>
 371               </p>
 372             </item>
 373             <tag>Games</tag>
 374             <item>
 375               Games and recreations
 376               <taglist>
 377               <tag>Games/Action</tag>
 378               <item>
 379                 <p>Games that involve a lot of action
 380                    and require fast reflexes.</p>
 381                 <p>Examples: xsoldier, supertux, xmoto</p>
 382               </item>
 383               <tag>Games/Adventure</tag>
 384               <item>
 385                 <p>Role playing and adventure games,
 386                    interactive movies and stories, etc.</p>
 387                 <p>Examples: beneath-a-steel-sky, egoboo, kq</p>
 388               </item>
 389               <tag>Games/Blocks</tag>
 390               <item>
 391                 <p>Tetris-like games involving falling blocks.</p>
 392                 <p>Examples: crack-attack, frozen-bubble, netris</p>
 393               </item>
 394               <tag>Games/Board</tag>
 395               <item>
 396                 <p>Games played on a board.</p>
 397                 <p>Examples: phalanx, xshogi, xboard</p>
 398               </item>
 399               <tag>Games/Card</tag>
 400               <item>
 401                 <p>Games involving a deck of cards.</p>
 402                 <p>Examples: pysol, ace-of-penguins, xpat2</p>
 403               </item>
 404               <tag>Games/Puzzles</tag>
 405               <item>
 406                 <p>Tests of ingenuity and logic.</p>
 407                 <p>Examples: xmpuzzles, sgt-puzzles, enigma</p>
 408               </item>
 409               <tag>Games/Simulation</tag>
 410               <item>
 411                 <p>Simulations of the real world
 412                    in all detail and complexity.</p>
 413                 <p>Examples: flightgear, torcs</p>
 414               </item>
 415               <tag>Games/Strategy</tag>
 416               <item>
 417                 <p>Games involving long-term strategic thinking.</p>
 418                 <p>Examples: wesnoth, widelands, netpanzer</p>
 419               </item>
 420               <tag>Games/Tools</tag>
 421               <item>
 422                 <p>Server browsers, configurators, editors, and other
 423                    game-related tools that are not games themselves.</p>
 424                 <p>Examples: xqf, crystalspace</p>
 425               </item>
 426               <tag>Games/Toys</tag>
 427               <item>
 428                 <p>Amusements, eye-candy, entertaining
 429                    demos, screen hacks (screensavers), etc.</p>
 430                 <p>Examples: xdesktopwaves, xphoon, xpenguins</p>
 431               </item>
 432               </taglist>
 433             </item>
 434             <tag>Help</tag>
 435             <item>
 436               <p>programs that provide user documentation</p>
 437               <p>Examples: debian-reference, apt-howto, dhelp</p>
 438             </item>
 439             <tag>Screen</tag>
 440             <item>
 441               Programs that affect the whole screen.
 442               <taglist>
 443               <tag>Screen/Saving</tag>
 444               <item>
 445                 <p>Tools for blanking the screen. Entries of screen hacks and
 446                    configuration GUIs should go to other appropriate sections.
 447                 </p>
 448                 <p>Examples: xscreensaver, xlockmore</p>
 449               </item>
 450               <tag>Screen/Locking</tag>
 451               <item>
 452                 <p>Tools for locking the screen.</p>
 453                 <p>Examples: xscreensaver, xlockmore</p>
 454               </item>
 455               </taglist>
 456             </item>
 457             <tag>Window Managers</tag>
 458             <item>
 459               <p>X window managers.</p>
 460               <p>Examples: fluxbox, metacity, waimea</p>
 461             </item>
 462             <tag>FVWM Modules</tag>
 463             <item>
 464               <p>FVWM-based window manager modules. As only modules related to
 465                  the running window-manager are displayed, do not create
 466                  subsections for specific window-managers.</p>
 467               <p>Examples: fvwm, fvwm-gnome, fvwm95</p>
 468             </item>
 469             <tag>Window Maker</tag>
 470             <item>
 471               <p>This section is reserved for wmaker as a special case.</p>
 472               <p>All wmaker specific entries must go here.</p>
 473             </item>
 474           </taglist>
 475         </p>
 476       </sect>
 477     </chapt>
 478   </book>
 479 </debiandoc>
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