Bug#1004522: debian-policy: Proposing new virtual package: wayland-session
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:38 AM Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 10:13:19AM +0100, Stephan Lachnit wrote:
> >
> > Actually, just out of curiosity: the folder is called
> > "wayland-sessions", but the files are all called "*.desktop". Are
> > there other possibilities than "*.desktop", and if so what is the
> > difference?
>
> .desktop is just a standard file format used to register applications
> with desktop environment, see
> <https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktop-entry-spec/>
Ah thanks! I somehow didn't expect it to be the same as the usual
.desktop file format as for applications.
Then I agree on the "wayland-session" name. But maybe the description
should remove the word "desktop" then.
Regards,
Stephan
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