On 3/09/2008, at 6:17 AM, Jim Walker wrote:

> Glynn Foster wrote:
>> Nevermind, after a bit of digging it looks like there probably aren't
>> MIME types to associate to. In any case, you can probably drop the
>> installation of /usr/share/application-registry/*
>>
>
> Actually, I notice other apps populate the application-registry
> directory.
>
> bash-3.2$ pwd
> /usr/share/application-registry
> bash-3.2$ ls
> gimp.applications            java-web-start.applications
> gnome-vfs.applications       meld.applications
> java-archive.applications    staroffice.applications
>
> meld.applications has:
>
>       mime_types=x-directory/normal
>
> Is there any reason I shouldn't just keep it?

It's the legacy MIME system in GNOME. If you were delivering to  
integrate into multiple versions of the GNOME it would be OK to include.


Glynn


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