hi, On Sun, Jan 5, 2014, at 22:50, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > Categories are a set of defined categories used for grouping in menu > systems. They're fairly loosely defined, and I don't think they make a > good fit for intents.
They may be loosely defined in terms of what it means to be one, but they are very rigorously defined in terms of what the valid values are. The desktop entry spec refers you to the menu spec, which list them off: http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html In a way, this is the exact opposite of what we're trying to do with Implements=, which aims to be openly extensible by anyone who wants to define their own interface, but very well-defined on an item-by-item basis. The intended usage is entirely different as well. It's pretty clear that categories are entirely meant for grouping in menus (or similar things). It would also be very strange to see reverse-DNS style interface names listed alongside things like "Network" and "Graphics". I think a separate key is warranted. Cheers _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg