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* Nathaniel W. Turner [Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:23:38 -0500]:

> Actually, If you're using KDE 3.2 (I know you said you weren't, but others 
> reading this might be), you will want to add files 
> to /usr/local/share/applications (note the "local"), as files 
> in /usr/share/applications are owned by packages, and changes to them will be 
> overwritten when you upgrade.

    I found this quite interesting. Could you provide a link to some
    document (probably in kde.org) explaining it? I've looked at 3.2 &
    3.2.1 changelogs but couldn't find anything.

    Also: do you know if this behavior is part of some (e.g.
    freedesktop.org) standard?

    TIA.

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