Re: packaging: new spec filed idea

[Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>]

Robin Norwood (rnorwood redhat com) said: 
> non-trivial.  I think the first step would be to get an 'icon' field
> added to the package metadata files that yum uses.  However, if the icon
> field is the actual .png data, that makes the metadata files much
> bigger.  If the icon field is a name or label, then that label has to
> match something already on the system.  It wouldn't be useful for
> packages that aren't installed yet because the icon data is...in the
> package.

The Icon tag in the package is the raw image data, not a name/identifier.

Bill