Bug#707851: debian-policy: soften the wording recommending menu files
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On Tue, 14 May 2013, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> I didn't mean to imply someone other than the relevant UI maintainers
> would need to write code for this to happen; we could simply add some
> wording along the lines of
>
> packages that install desktop files must emit the
> ``desktop-files-installed'' trigger from their postinst (e.g., by
> running ``dpkg-trigger desktop-files-installed''), so that user
> interfaces which don't support desktop files directly can listen to
> this trigger and update their menus.
A file trigger on /usr/share/applications does exactly that. There's no
need to formalize anything more IMO.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer
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