On Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:27:53 +0100 Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> wrote:
> as I explained on Debian Med list[1] the existence of a desktop file is > nearly as relevant as a manpage for a good user experience for users who > are not that addicted to the command line as most of us are. I have not > made any stats how many packages with applications which deserve a > desktop file to show up in UIs implementing the freedesktop.org > specification but I think I'm not wrong if I roughly estimate it with > "below 50%". In cases like this a lintian check has leaded to > interesting results (see "missing manpage"). While I'm not a lintian > expert I'd consider the following criterion as reasonable for a check > > * package has a file in /usr/bin > * package name does not match '^lib' or '-doc$' > * package has dependencies from "typical" libraries for > freedesktop.org implementing interfaces which are for instance > - libgnome2-0 > - libkdeui5 > - libxfce4ui-1-0 > - libgtk-3-0 > - libqtgui4 > - ... > Please excuse if my choice of the libraries is not optimal - I'm > not an expert in this field but I hope you get the idea. > * No file /usr/share/applications/*.desktop in the package > > If all these criterions are fullfilled a lintian warning about a missing > desktop file could (should (!) IMHO) be issued. What happened to the idea that debian/menu files can be converted to desktop files, maybe not during package build but as a tool for maintainers? Do we have any idea how many packages would trigger this new check? (and how many of those do have debian/menu files?) My particular concern is that debian/menu is not as easily translatable as desktop files. The "title" displayed in whatever menu is used should always be translatable IMHO. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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