The Debian Menu sub-policy
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# The Debian Menu sub-policy

### Chris Waters

### Joey Hess

### Joost Witteveen

### The Debian Policy Mailing List

`<debian-policy@lists.debian.org>`

version 4.7.4.0

Copyright © 1999 Chris Waters, Joey Hess, Joost Witteveen

These are the copyright dates of the original Debian Menu sub-policy. Since then, this document has been updated by many others. No comprehensive collection of copyright notices for subsequent work exists.

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2026-03-31

Abstract

This manual describes the policy requirements for the Menu system used in the Debian distribution. This document is part of the policy package for Debian.

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