bandwidthcalc missing a .desktop file

[Brandon Pierce]

Perhaps this is more of a "request" or "annoyance" rather than a "bug," but the bandwidthcalc package does not include a .desktop entry in /usr/share/applications and as a result is not very "discoverable" once installed. I can "Alt + F2" or run in terminal "bandwidthcalc," but I would expect a graphical utility (espeically one installed from Ubuntu Software Center) to be easy to find post install.

The source package has an SVG that might make for a good candidate for an icon:

bandwidthcalc-0.2/pixmaps/speedo.svg

The bandwidthcalc package itself only installs a 32x32 xpm and not the svg.

Attached is a possible minimal .desktop file (without icon).

I thought about contacting the original developer, but the link provied in the application's "about" dialog is broken (http://www.debiaan.de/~chris/).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: bandwidthcalc 0.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 4 15:41:27 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
SourcePackage: bandwidthcalc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

Thanks for your work. I took the liberty to forward your bug to the Debian maintainer of the software - We in Ubuntu take most of our software directly from Debian, without changes and in my opinion it's not worth it to diverge from Debian for a desktop file.

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

bandwidthcalc has been removed from Debian/Ubuntu.