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If you have a package which doesn't fit within the existing menu hierarchy, please bring it up on the debian-devel mailing list. If you have other proposals for changing the menu hierarchy, or making other changes to menu policy, please bring it up on debian-policy.
Here is the authoritative list of Debian's menu structure. Please do not put your packages into any other sections without asking for permission first!
normal applications
interactive database programs
text editors, word processors
educational and training programs
wine, dosemu, etc.
image manipulation
anything relating to ham radio
math related programs
network programs that don't fit elsewhere
debuggers, etc.
scientific programs
simple apps, like clocks, that perform only one task
technical stuff
text oriented tools other than editors
bash, ksh, zsh, etc.
sound players and editors
image viewers
system administration and monitoring tools
games and recreations
walk around virtual space, zork, MOO's, etc
any game where reflexes count
games played on a board
games involving a deck of cards
tests of ingenuity and logic
Simulations of the real world (Flight Simulators, for example)
games derived from "real world" sports
games involving long term strategic thinking
games involving falling blocks
amusements, eye-candy, etc.
programs that provide user documentation
programs that affect the whole screen
programs to lock the screen
screen savers
things that fill the root window
X window managers
window manager modules
xterm and its brethren
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The Debian Menu sub-policy
version 3.7.2.1, 2006-06-23debian-policy@lists.debian.org