Use standard name for .desktop files
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Chris Cheney |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: openoffice.org
.desktop files for openoffice.org are named ooo-writer.desktop, ooo-calc.desktop and so on. These identifiers are strange because they don't really correspond to the name of the application, nor to that of the package. Fedora uses names like openoffice.
The problem here is not merely aesthetic, but is about standardization. In the new GNOME shell project which is currently being developed, we use desktop files as identifiers for applications. These different naming conventions will force us to use some detection code, or to patch it for Ubuntu. As a general rule I think avoiding unnecessary differences like that is a good thing.
What do you think? The fix should be pretty straightforward.
Changed in openoffice.org: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
You use the name of the files themselves instead of the Name or GenericName in the freedesktop standard desktop file to name programs using Gnome Shell?!? Just adhere to the standards already in place and then you won't have to worry about what the actual files are named.
Not a bug, closed invalid.