Hi, 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 do you think? Kind regards Andreas. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2011/03/msg00025.html -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110303082753.gb9...@an3as.eu