[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] policy on desktop files?

[Alessio Bolognino]

On Thu 2008-05-08 10:06 , Ryan Sims wrote:
> We needn't get bogged down in another "is this the ARCH WAY?!?!"
> conversation here; 

I swear I don't want to.

> I don't think it needs to be a policy decision.  If
> neither Arch nor upstream want to deal with .desktop files (and they
> both seem to have their reasons), would it be possible to host some
> space somewhere that users could post their own?  It wouldn't need to
> be Arch-hosted, perhaps this is a sf project waiting to happen; sort
> of a searchable repository for orphaned .desktop files?  I'd be happy
> to go download .desktops from somewhere if they aren't already
> included.

This patch-phobia is getting ludicrous: if an application with a GUI,
that users expect to be find in the menus, doesn't have a .desktop file,
the maintainer should include it in the package AND submit it upstream.  

A repository for .desktop? Nonsense. 

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Alessio (molok) Bolognino

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