Bug#797974: both .desktop and .menu file shipped

Vincent Cheng vcheng at debian.org
Fri Sep 4 05:22:18 UTC 2015


Hi,

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 10:15 PM, chrysn <chrysn at fsfe.org> wrote:
> Package: hyperrogue
> Version: 4.2+dfsg-1+b1
> Severity: minor
>
> As per CTTE #741573, "packages providing a .desktop file shall not also
> provide a menu file", which hyperrogue does; it should drop the .menu file.

The recent CTTE decision sounds like it'll involve a mass bug filing
to fix all affected packages. Please do not file bugs piecemeal;
follow the instructions in devref 7.1.1 [1] instead and consider
creating a patch for lintian to implement the CTTE decision.

Regards,
Vincent

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch07.en.html#submit-many-bugs



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