> @elextr this is orthogonal to the issue at hand, but: But if we are stuffing about with the file it might have been an appropriate time to do it.
> Yes, I think it's now the preferred naming scheme; > However, I don't know if it actually has any advantage (I though at a time it > helped with startup notification, but tests I made a while back suggests it > does not); Possibly its as simple as to avoid name clashes, but thats unlikely to be a problem for us. Also the name [is used on DBUS](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-1.1.html#dbus) so it needs to be DBUS format. Of course Geany doesn't use that, so it doesn't matter to us. > I know downsides to changing a .desktop file name (dead links, duplicated > entries if people copied over the file, and whatnot). Well an install with a new filename could always remove any old `*geany.desktop` filenames, currently we claim the whole of that namespace so its _somebody else's problem_ if they invaded our namespace `</channelling G*>` :grin:. > So… yeah if we'd start over, I'd use the reverse-DNS scheme, but I don't > think we should change the name we use unless we really know why. But but its _new_ and _techo_ ... oh ok fair enough :grin:. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/2728#issuecomment-762501041
