Categories=XFCE; ?

[Guido Berhoerster]

* Nick Schermer <nick at xfce.org> [2012-04-03 09:07]:
> On 2012-04-03 08:24, Auke Kok wrote:
> >I'm sure you didn't invent the spec :)
> >
> >the spec is the spec, correct or not, and Xfce should be referred as
> >"X-XFCE" in all desktop file categories, according to it.
> >
> >So, you can invent stuff, but it's not according to the spec, unless
> >you submit a proposal for modification to the spec and it gets
> >accepted.
> 
> Well then it is discrimination because there are also GNOME and KDE
> categories. I really don't see where all the fuzz is about, because
> nothing breaks if you add unknown names in categories.

At least for openSUSE and Fedora packaging policy mandates that
desktop files follow the xdg menu spec and this is also enforced.

> 
> I'll drop the category and let's all obey the broken world of mr
> Untz (and his useless desktop-file-validate tool). But if he has
> balls he agrees the desktop-categories are useless and they remove
> GNOME and KDE from the spec.

I don't think this has much to do with discrimination but rather
noone from Xfce participating in the spec. Note that "XFCE" is
already a valid category for "OnlyShowIn"/"NotShowIn". Since
there are good reasons for this category sending a patch for
http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.xml
to the xdg list might be enough to get it included.

-- 
Guido Berhoerster