Some .desktop files not recognised

[Paul Tansom]

I haven't been able to find any specification of the file name for a .desktop file, so am working on the basis that anything can be used before the .desktop extension. When installing the telegram-desktop package from the 17.10 beta on Ubuntu MATE it creates a .desktop file called:

telegramdesktop.desktop

This file is ignored by the Brisk Menu (as well as the Main MATE Menu and Advanced MATE Menu). It is, however, seen by MenuLibre and the MATE Menu Editor (moz).

When the file is renamed to:

telegram-desktop.desktop

it is recognised by the three MATE menu options. My assumption is that the code the scans the /usr/share/applications directory (and other locations) is missing the file because of the filename, and having not found a specification that precludes this I am raising it as a bug.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: mate-applet-brisk-menu 0.4.5-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-12.13-generic 4.12.8
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Tue Sep 5 19:31:58 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-16 (80 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: brisk-menu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-09-01 (3 days ago)

[Martin Wimpress  (flexiondotorg)]

Can you confirm if this is still an issue in Ubuntu MATE 20.04 daily?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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