[Fedora-packaging] Re: rakarrack - alternative desktop categories

[David Timms]

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> 0.2.x is now in Planet CCRMA thanks to Arnaud from IRCAM. Great if you
> can/want to migrate it to Fedora! 
I did submit a package review that I think meets the Fedora guidelines:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455953

> I would appreciate it if you could
> keep the extra categories in the desktop file, they are used to classify
> audio apps in an extra menu I added to Planet CCRMA (and rakarrack would
> drop out of it if they were ommited). 
The question you ask is a good one, and I understand where you are 
coming from: {ccrma .spec}
=====
# desktop file categories
BASE="X-Fedora Application AudioVideo"
XTRA="X-Digital_Processing X-Jack"

%{__mkdir} -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications
desktop-file-install --vendor fedora \
   --dir %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications \
   `for c in ${BASE} ${XTRA} ; do echo "--add-category $c " ; done` \
   %{SOURCE1}
=====
As I understand it, a Fedora package can use only the categories present 
in the freedesktop.org spec:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#.desktop_file_creation
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html

Can a package use it's own categories, or must they meet the standards ?

If there will be many audio apps {aka ccrma} packages, it would be best 
to have them grouped in the same menu; the AudioVideo menu on my machine 
is already overflowing more than a screenful, so I think it would be 
good if these audio {only} apps get their own menu ?

DaveT.