[Fedora-packaging] Re: desktop-file-install --vendor=... proposal, comments?

[Rex Dieter]

Till Maas wrote:


> It's not about desktop-file-install 

Well, *this* proposal is limited in scope only to the use of
desktop-file-install.

> >but about the desktop-file itself: 
> I propose to provide some guidelines about the contents of a desktop-file,
> e.g. that they should not contain paths in the Exec entry and should
> provide a StartupWMClass entry. Another issue is, which / how many
> Categories should be added, every categores that fits like for
> example "Application;AudioVideo;Audio;Midi;Music;" for an midi application
> that generates midis or only some of them?

Agreed, some extra guidelines should be written to cover these topics as
well.  Are you volunteering? (:

-- Rex