On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote:

Erik Blankinship (erikb@mediamods.com) said:
> Using a .desktop file in my rpm, I have successfully put my gui software
> into the gnome application menu.
>
> I am wondering if there is a way to also put the icon onto the gnome desktop
> when installing the rpm?

It is general policy that applications should go into the menus, not on the
desktop.

I did not know about that policy, but I guess you are right -- no rpms leave desktop icons.

I was confused by the namesake of the filetype -- "desktop".

While it is against policy, can it be done? How would you do it?