-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/09/13 17:58, Jamie Strandboge wrote: > On 09/10/2013 08:52 AM, Rick Spencer wrote: >> I wrote about a 20 line application. It got rejected because >> > ... > >> The nitpick would be: "desktop_Comment_boilerplate (FateDice)": >> "Comment uses SDK boilerplate 'My project description'" >> >> These were both caused by the tools, not by me as a developer. We >> must ensure that we do not throw up roadblocks like this for >> users. >> >> 2. I actually wanted to set a description but couldn't find out >> where. At a minimum, failing to set the description should not >> cause the upload to fail. Ideally, I would be prompted to include >> a description if the web site detects that there is not one. >> Thoughts? >> > > This warning was for the .desktop file and I don't think the SDK > currently provides a wizard interface for updating the desktop > file. > > It could conceivably use the description field from the manifest, > but that might be too wordy because the manifest should have a > meaningful description so users can decide if the app does what > they want. > > I thought the Comment of the desktop file might be used by Unity > and somehow user facing. If it isn't, maybe we can just remove the > Comment field from the SDK template entirely and side-step this > issue. >
The comment line isn't visible from the dash but acts as a tag line in Software Center from what I can tell. I'm not sure if it will be visible from the commandline tool or not. - -- You make it, I'll break it! I love my job :) http://www.ubuntu.com http://www.canonical.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIvUcEACgkQT5xqyT+h3OiFVACfY0upNVYqozdww7qjprVXJ9MX dhAAnRhoNqazNNouYdn6KO4d3VmhBiHl =H0ky -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers Post to : ubuntu-appstore-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-appstore-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
