The problem is that in the current state
of affairs, just including ScreenSaver will have it show up properly in Gnome,
but not in KDE. My intention is not to forbid things, but to describe what must
be done so that things will work properly. One option is to make ScreenSaver a
main category with a note that recommends the inclusion of “X-KDE-ScreenSaver”
as well, KDE must of course be willing to (continue to) support that in KDE4
then.
Waldo Bastian
Linux Client Architect - Client Linux
Foundation Technology
Channel Platform Solutions Group
Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/opensource
OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman
From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Jon McCann
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006
8:50 PM
To: Bastian, Waldo
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PATCH: Menu Spec -
Categories
Hi Waldo,
On 9/7/06, Bastian,
Waldo <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have made a patch for the Appendix A of the menu spec that clarifies
what desktop entries can expect in terms of supported categories and
what desktop environments must support. I will also attach a HTML
version of the new Appendix for your convenience in a followup mail.
In GNOME we install desktop files for programs that provide screensaver
functionality with "Categories=GNOME;Screensaver;" [1]. We then
install a menu that includes all Screensaver category programs [2]. This
menu is not used by the gnome-panel menus [3] but by the screensaver framework
to look up programs. There is some precedent for this type of
thing. For example, even when "main applications menus" don't
show items from the Settings category they have been used by various control
panel shells [4].
This seemed to have been allowed by the previous versions of the spec.
However, in this patch you have added:
"Additional Categories should always be used in combination with one
of the Main Categories."
That said, it seems to me that your changes are worthwhile. So, what
should we do? Are you trying to explicitly forbid this type of
usage? Or can we interpret this, as written, as a strong recommendation
but not a requirement? Can we promote Screensaver to a main category
similar to Settings?
I think that this usage is worthwhile for its potential as a desktop neutral
way for third parties to define screensaver modes.
Thanks,
Jon
[1] http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnome-screensaver/savers/footlogo-floaters.desktop.in.in?rev=1.3
[2] http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnome-screensaver/data/gnome-screensavers.menu.in?rev=1.2
[3] http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-menus/layout/
[4] http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-control-center/control-center/control-center-categories.c?rev=1.12&view=markup
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/slab/control-center/src/control-center.c?rev=1.1&view=markup
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