Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread James Westby
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 12:21 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote: > One of the things I'd like to see out of RPM in the near future is > actual processing of these .desktop files to generate rpm metadata, > application (generic,specific), mime times supported, etc... That type > of information would be very

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Colin Guthrie
Vincent Untz wrote: > Since I'm more or less maintaining the spec about .desktop files, I'm > willing to review guidelines of other distros related to this to be sure > they're all fine :-) Just tell me where I can find the relevant document > for your distro. Thanks Vincent. I think our overview

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Rex Dieter
Vincent Untz wrote: >> How about consolidating common guidelines? I am sure there are atleast >> some basic things pretty much all the distributions can follow. > > Would be even better, of course. I was unsure if there'd be interest for > this most definitely, +1 here (fedora) -- Rex ___

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Vincent Untz
Le jeudi 20 mars 2008, à 16:31 +, Jonathan Riddell a écrit : > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 05:00:24PM +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > > I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about > > .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example > > .desktop file used for

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Jonathan Riddell
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 05:00:24PM +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about > .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example > .desktop file used for the Fedora packaging guidelines. Why did you change GenericName to Comme

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Vincent Untz wrote: > > Would be even better, of course. I was unsure if there'd be interest for > this, but this list might be a good place for such crazy ideas ;-) Yep. Here is what I could find http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Development/Packagin

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Jesse Keating
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 17:16 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > > I think I contacted Tom Callaway directly and he fixed it. Can't link to > the change in the wiki since I can't access it right now. > > Sorry for not being clearer in my original mail :-) Gotcha, I wasn't sure if it had been fixed yet o

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Vincent Untz
Le jeudi 20 mars 2008, à 12:03 -0400, Jesse Keating a écrit : > On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 17:00 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > > > > I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about > > .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example > > .desktop file used for the F

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Vincent Untz
Le jeudi 20 mars 2008, à 21:39 +0530, Rahul Sundaram a écrit : > Vincent Untz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about > > .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example > > .desktop file used for the Fedora packaging guidelines

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Vincent Untz wrote: > Hi, > > I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about > .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example > .desktop file used for the Fedora packaging guidelines. > > Since I'm more or less maintaining the spec about .desktop files, I'

Re: Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Jesse Keating
On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 17:00 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: > > I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about > .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example > .desktop file used for the Fedora packaging guidelines. > > Since I'm more or less maintaining the

Packaging guidelines related to .desktop files

2008-03-20 Thread Vincent Untz
Hi, I just fixed some errors in the openSUSE packaging guidelines about .desktop files. Last year, I also reported an error in the example .desktop file used for the Fedora packaging guidelines. Since I'm more or less maintaining the spec about .desktop files, I'm willing to review guidelines of