On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:57:29PM +0000, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:51:53AM +0100, Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote: > > > > You do realize that the desktop standard has more features than the debian > > > menu system? Like i18n, icon theming, dynamic construction of a menu > > > hierarchy based on user /Desktop system preferences and so on? > > [...] > > > Because you gain *nothing* > > Are you claiming that everyone who says that .desktop has technical > advantages is a liar? These features actually do not exist in the > desktop format? (It may be so; I have no firsthand information, but it > does sound far out).
No. I'm claiming that everyone who says that "only by using .desktop exclusively can we do these things" is a liar. Alternate approaches (that involve significantly less work) have been sketched out several times now. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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