Re: Icon naming spec: generic binary MIME type icon?

2008-12-01 Thread Ville Skyttä
On Thursday 27 November 2008, Jakob Petsovits wrote: On Thursday 27 November 2008, Ville Skyttä wrote: How about adding let's say binary-x-generic: The icon used for generic binary file types. The MIME type for binary files is application/octet-stream, therefore an icon for binary files

Re: Icon naming spec: generic binary MIME type icon?

2008-12-01 Thread Jakob Petsovits
On Monday, 1. December 2008, Ville Skyttä wrote: Mmh, I don't know about the history around the spec but good luck getting it in doesn't sound too encouraging.  Contacting this list was the only instruction about feedback to the spec I found - does the good luck part imply that I should be

Re: Icon naming spec: generic binary MIME type icon?

2008-12-01 Thread Matthias Clasen
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 16:48 +0100, Jakob Petsovits wrote: On Monday, 1. December 2008, Ville Skyttä wrote: Mmh, I don't know about the history around the spec but good luck getting it in doesn't sound too encouraging. Contacting this list was the only instruction about feedback to the spec

What is the definition of standards?

2008-12-01 Thread Joe Krahn
Freedesktop standards now say These are not really standards, and redirect to Specifications. IMHO, these ARE standards, just not official or authoritative like ISO or IEEE standards. It is common to refer to coding standards for source code conventions defined within an organization or

Re: What is the definition of standards?

2008-12-01 Thread Jakob Petsovits
On Monday, 1. December 2008, Joe Krahn wrote: The first definition of standards at dictionary.com is: something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model. That's exactly the issue: Some fd.o specs are generally agreed upon, while others are

Re: What is the definition of standards?

2008-12-01 Thread Rodney Dawes
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 20:09 +0100, Jakob Petsovits wrote: Although, didn't someone propose a distinction between specifications that have generally been agreed upon, and specifications that have not? The Specifications wiki page should have that already, listing the specifications in such

Re: What is the definition of standards?

2008-12-01 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday 01 December 2008, Rodney Dawes wrote: On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 20:09 +0100, Jakob Petsovits wrote: Although, didn't someone propose a distinction between specifications that have generally been agreed upon, and specifications that have not? The Specifications wiki page should have

.desktop file format ambiguity

2008-12-01 Thread Boris Zbarsky
I have a question about the treatment of whitespace in .desktop files [1]. The file format description says: Entries in the file are {key,value} pairs in the format: Key=Value Space before and after the equals sign should be ignored; the = sign is the actual delimiter.

D-Bus library is required

2008-12-01 Thread Nicholas Albion
Where can I get the source for libdbus-1-devel? I'm trying to compile bluez but get the following error: configure: error: D-Bus library is required___ xdg mailing list xdg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg

Re: D-Bus library is required

2008-12-01 Thread Patryk Zawadzki
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Nicholas Albion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can I get the source for libdbus-1-devel? I'm trying to compile bluez but get the following error: configure: error: D-Bus library is required http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus/ -- Patryk Zawadzki

Re: .desktop file format ambiguity

2008-12-01 Thread Vincent Untz
Le mardi 14 octobre 2008, à 11:44 -0400, Boris Zbarsky a écrit : I have a question about the treatment of whitespace in .desktop files [1]. The file format description says: Entries in the file are {key,value} pairs in the format: Key=Value Space before and after the