.desktop file that do not pass validation

[Pim Vullers]

When installing Cerbere on Gentoo I get the following notice:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/cerbere.desktop: error: value "Pantheon" for string list key "OnlyShowIn" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character
 /usr/share/applications/cerbere.desktop: error: value "System" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

When applying the fix from the linked branch I get another notice:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/cerbere.desktop: error: value "Pantheon;" for key "OnlyShowIn" in group "Desktop Entry" contains an unregistered value "Pantheon"; values extending the format should start with "X-"

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for wingpanel:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/wingpanel.desktop: error: value "Utility" for string list key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for Dropoff:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/dropoff.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "application/*;audio/*;example/*;image/*;message/*;model/*;multipart/*;text/*;video/*;" for key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" contains value "example/*" which is an invalid MIME type: "example" is a media type that must not be used
/usr/share/applications/dropoff.desktop: warning: value "application/*;audio/*;example/*;image/*;message/*;model/*;multipart/*;text/*;video/*;" for key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" contains value "message/*" which is a MIME type that should probably not be used: "message" is a media type that probably does not make sense in this context
/usr/share/applications/dropoff.desktop: warning: value "application/*;audio/*;example/*;image/*;message/*;model/*;multipart/*;text/*;video/*;" for key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" contains value "multipart/*" which is a MIME type that should probably not be used: "multipart" is a media type that probably does not make sense in this context

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for pantheon-terminal:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/pantheon-terminal.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "TerminalEmulator" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: System
/usr/share/applications/pantheon-terminal.desktop: error: file contains group "NewRootWindow Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/pantheon-terminal.desktop: error: file contains group "NewWindow Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for switchboard:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/switchboard.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "GTK;Administration;" for key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" does not contain a registered main category
/usr/share/applications/switchboard.desktop: error: value "0.8" for key "Version" in group "Desktop Entry" is not a known version
/usr/share/applications/switchboard.desktop: error: value "GTK;Administration;" for key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" contains an unregistered value "Administration"; values extending the format should start with "X-"

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for plank:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/plank.desktop: error: value "Pantheon;" for key "NotShowIn" in group "Desktop Entry" contains an unregistered value "Pantheon"; values extending the format should start with "X-"

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for lingo:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/lingo.desktop: error: file contains key "_Comment" in group "Desktop Entry", but key names must contain only the characters A-Za-z0-9- (they may have a "[LOCALE]" postfix)
/usr/share/applications/lingo.desktop: error: file contains key "_GenericName" in group "Desktop Entry", but key names must contain only the characters A-Za-z0-9- (they may have a "[LOCALE]" postfix)
/usr/share/applications/lingo.desktop: error: value "0.8" for key "Version" in group "Desktop Entry" is not a known version

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for pantheon-files:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/pantheon-files.desktop: error: file contains group "Root Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/pantheon-files.desktop: error: file contains group "TabNew Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/pantheon-files.desktop: error: file contains group "WindowNew Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/pantheon-files.desktop: warning: value "x-directory/gnome-default-handler;x-directory/normal;inode/directory;" for key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" contains value "x-directory/gnome-default-handler" which is a MIME type that should probably not be used: "x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent
/usr/share/applications/pantheon-files.desktop: warning: value "x-directory/gnome-default-handler;x-directory/normal;inode/directory;" for key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" contains value "x-directory/normal" which is a MIME type that should probably not be used: "x-directory" is an old media type that should be replaced with a modern equivalent

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also holds for scratch:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/scratch-text-editor.desktop: error: file contains group "NewDocument Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/scratch-text-editor.desktop: error: file contains group "NewWindow Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/scratch-text-editor.desktop: error: file contains multiple keys named "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry"
/usr/share/applications/scratch-text-editor.desktop: error: value "1.1" for key "Version" in group "Desktop Entry" is not a known version

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

Plank fixes this in rev 690. Note that Plank fixed it by REMOVING 'NotShowIn' as this is not relevant directly to Plank (Plank is NOT an elementary project).

[Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)]

@robert: Please stop this madness and acknowledge the fact elementary is using plank and we should support this!

[Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)]

@pimvullers: There is nothing wrong with plank.desktop. Do you actually have "pantheon.session" installed while running your tests?

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

@ricotz: I do have this file installed in /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions. I don't know, however, which application does this validation. (I guess it's the Gentoo package manager calling some XDG tool.) It might be that this tool does not look in the right places. If anybody has any ideas? I'll try to look into this.

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

I discovered the tool that validates these files: desktop-file-validate
I also checked the freedektop.org specification for .desktop files. According to it, the only valid environments are listed in: http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apb.html, @ricotz: I see no reference to .session files adding items to this list.

[Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)]

@pimvullers: OK, then you need to ignore that "Pantheon" isn't recognized.
So someone should look into how "Pantheon" can be added there to make it official.

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

No, according to the specification the correct solution is to put 'X-Pantheon' there. Unless you manage to change the spec itself. And no, Plank does not directly support any specific window manager or DE. IF a specific DE has a problem with our packages, they are welcome to package it themselves.

[Pim Vullers (pimvullers)]

This also affects maya:

QA Notice: This package installs one or more .desktop files that do not pass validation.

/usr/share/applications/maya.desktop: error: file contains group "AddEvent Shortcut Group", but groups extending the format should start with "X-"
/usr/share/applications/maya.desktop: error: value "text/calendar" for string list key "MimeType" in group "Desktop Entry" does not have a semicolon (';') as trailing character

[David Gomes (davidgomes)]

This bug has been half-fixed on the Terminal.

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

This is no way critical for betas IMO.
Our .desktop files work, so I'd mark it technical debt and clean this up after Luna release.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

The desktop validator tool does not understand dock quicklists.

[Victor Martinez (victored)]

Fixing this on Cerbere broke the session manager client, so let's delay the fix until we upgrade to a more recent system.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

"We're making things that work, not things that are theoretically kosher." --shnatsel

[Robert Dyer (psybers)]

"I make things that work *and* are kosher." --PsyberS

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

You Invalid/Won't Fixed this bug too IIRC..

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