> On Feb. 13, 2014, 4:28 a.m., Rex Dieter wrote: > > fyi, http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html , > > supporting vendor prefixes are not only a good idea, but is strongly > > encouraged. "... it is recommended that providers of desktop-files ensure > > that all desktop-file ids start with a vendor prefix." > > Alex Merry wrote: > However, in practice, dealing with the MPRIS spec > (http://specifications.freedesktop.org/mpris-spec/latest/Media_Player.html#Property:DesktopEntry) > I've found it was just an absolute pain to deal with. > > Rex Dieter wrote: > Please at least allow for some discussion and feedback, before > introducing such a big change. It will likely have significant impact on > downstream distributions. > > Alex Merry wrote: > What would be an appropriate forum for such a discussion? Certainly the > few people on kde-frameworks-devel who showed any interest in the topic were > in favour of the change. kde-packagers, maybe? > > A quick look at my /usr/share/applications suggests that only KDE > software uses a subdirectory. Other software seems to use filename prefixes > (like gnome- and xfce-) when the software has a generic name (gnome-disks, > xfce-settings-manager), but no prefix at all otherwise (Thunar and evolution, > for example, have no prefix). Given how my distro (Archlinux) does things, > these almost certainly reflect the upstream decisions of those projects.
As far as discussion is concerned, kde-core-devel would be appropriate I think. I don't care which style is used (prefix/ or prefix-) personally. - Rex ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/115683/#review49689 ----------------------------------------------------------- On Feb. 12, 2014, 10:37 a.m., Alex Merry wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/115683/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated Feb. 12, 2014, 10:37 a.m.) > > > Review request for Build System, Extra Cmake Modules, KDE Frameworks, and > David Faure. > > > Repository: extra-cmake-modules > > > Description > ------- > > Install app desktop files to share/applications, not in a kde5 subdir > > Given that binaries are all installed in PREFIX/bin, and have to avoid > clashes, doing the same for desktop files is no great issue, and > installing into a subdirectory of applications/ just complicates matters > for client code that needs to refer to the desktop file (is it > "kde5-foo[.desktop]", "kde5/foo[.desktop]" or just "foo[.desktop]"?). > > > Diffs > ----- > > kde-modules/KDEInstallDirs.cmake 46e15c17d488d56f146aba0c2d420f74a22b9152 > > Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/115683/diff/ > > > Testing > ------- > > > Thanks, > > Alex Merry > >
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