Oh, and it should go without saying that you should have the equivalent uninstall in %postun.<br><br><div id="WISESTAMP_SIG_253"><span style="font-size: 13.3px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="margin: 0 0 8px 0">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">So, long story short: <div>Is there one or more documented Fedora standard that says you can't do it? I think there used to be, but not anymore.</div>
<div>Is there an easy way to do it? Yes. There's even an xdg utility to do so properly in a freedesktop compliant way. See <a href="http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-desktop-icon.html" target="_blank">http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-desktop-icon.html</a></div>
<div>Should you do it? Not necessarily. Being freedesktop compliant is nice, but you should always have an application menu icon also. Not all window managers view ~/Desktop icons. Gnome and KDE happen to do so. See <a href="http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-desktop-menu.html" target="_blank">http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-desktop-menu.html</a></div>
<div><a href="http://portland.freedesktop.org/xdg-utils-1.0/xdg-desktop-menu.html" target="_blank"></a><br>Now as a personal preference, I try to have as few Launchers on the desktop as possible. So, I'd think the REALLY smart option, in the interest of choice is to have a subpackage that runs xdg-desktop-icon in %post.</div>
<div><br></div><div>That covers your bases, gives the user an option, and doesn't violate any standards that I can see. If a standard banning Launcher install re-emerges, you won't have to do major surgery to your spec, and it will degrade gracefully.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Does that satisfy any|everyone?</div><div><br><div><span style="font-size:13.3px;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><div style="margin:0 0 8px 0"><div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>Erik Blankinship wrote:<br>
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> > > So, with this in mind, I am wondering if there is a way for an rpm to<br>
> > > create an icon on the gnome desktop. If it is possible, could someone<br>
> > > point me towards an example or some documentation?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Also, can someone point me to the fedora policy against desktop icons?<br>
> > > It would be helpful to see the policy so as to avoid other pitfalls.<br>
> > > Thanks much!<br>
><br>
> > <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines</a><br>
><br>
> Ok, looking specifically at:<br>
> <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Desktop_files" target="_blank">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Desktop_files</a><br>
><br>
> I can't find anything here about putting an icon on the user's<br>
> desktop. When I create near identical .desktop file to the one listed<br>
> on that page, it just creates a gnome menu item.<br>
><br>
> I also don't see anything on this page advising me against putting an<br>
> icon on the dektop.<br>
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</div>It's not so much the Packaging Guidelines directly, but the fact that we<br>
make every effort to adhere to FHS:<br>
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<a href="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#HOMEUSERHOMEDIRECTORIES" target="_blank">http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#HOMEUSERHOMEDIRECTORIES</a><br>
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You just can't rely on /home being present or having particular<br>
contents, for one thing.<br>
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