On 2013-10-27 22:18:28, Alessandro Ghedini wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:11:34PM +0100, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> > On 2013-10-27 21:15:40, Alessandro Ghedini wrote:
> > > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 07:38:16PM +0100, Bruno Kleinert wrote:
> > > > Package: mpv
> > > > Version: 0.2.1-1
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > > 
> > > > --- Please enter the report below this line. ---
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > the package installs /usr/share/applications/mpv.desktop, which seems
> > > > useless to me. When a user clicks the mpv entry in a start menu, nothing
> > > > happens since mpv without any arguments just spits out some text on
> > > > stdout. In my opinion a user probably expects something to pop up on the
> > > > screen, e.g., to select a movie file to playback with mpv.
> > > 
> > > If I understand the *.desktop thing correctly, it is also used by the 
> > > desktop
> > > environment to decide which application should open a particular type of 
> > > file,
> > > and that's a pretty important part IMO.
> > > 
> > > I don't think that there's a way to make it not show up in menus though, 
> > > so
> > > it's an all or nothing thing I'm afraid.
> > 
> > You can use NoDisplay=true if you only want the mime type associations.
> 
> Well, mpv.desktop does use NoDisplay=true AFAICT... the plot thickens.

So it's either not a bug or the submitter's DE doesn't respect that flag
and then it's not a bug in mpv. At least in Xfce I don't see mpv listed
in the menu.

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature

Reply via email to