Re: [CTTE #741573] Debian Menu System
On Sat, 05 Sep 2015, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
> 2015-09-05 3:49 GMT+02:00 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>:
> > [...]
> > > 2. In addition to those changes, the Technical Committee resolves
> > > that packages providing a .desktop file shall not also provide a
> > > menu file for the same application.
> >
> > That's good idea in general. I hope lintian warning should come soon.
> >
> > This reminds me some DE dependent .desktop file. Is there any best
> > practice how to do it for Debian? KDE app not showing up on GNOME and
> > vice versa. How to decide how much .desktop data are NotShowIn for what
> > environment?
>
> In general: Do not use NotShowIn/OnlyShowIn for most applications.
> There are only a few areas where it is actually useful, and this is almost
> exclusively configuration tools specific to one desktop environment.
Maybe not even then: I certainly had to call some of the GNOME config tools
in the past even when running KDE, as it also configures application/toolkit
behavior. I did it from the command-line, though, so I do not recall if
they did show on KDE's menus or not.
Use of these directives really requires careful though about the
implications. IMO, any use at all of NotShowIn/OnlyShowIn should be a
lintian warning.
I'd even call for it to be a lintian error that must be overriden in a
case-by-case basis only after discussion in a relevant Debian ML, but this
hides potential issues when abused, so it might not be a good idea.
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