[ Background: Sergio has written support for gnome .desktop files into debhelper. ]
Sergio Rua wrote: > > Are .desktop files actually useful on Debian systems? Doesn't the menu > > system take care of it? > > Yes if you use GNOME because it send Debian menu to second stage. > Otherwise, no. Then I think this comes down to a policy question. Do we install .desktop files in addition to debian menu files? We could instead fix gnome to treat debian menu entries as first-class entries, or ignore this altogether. About 48 .desktop files are currently in Debian, mostly for gnome apps. -- see shy jo
