Name/GenericName entries in .desktop files

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Jun 30 02:34:25 UTC 2009


Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Sonic wrote:
>> Can anything be done about this?
> 
> The Fedora Pidgin package needs to be fixed. I just fixed XChat a few hours
> ago. After years-long discussion, it seems we finally agreed on "Name=XChat
> IRC", "Name=Pidgin Instant Messaging" etc. as a compromise. (The real
> solution according to the freedesktop.org standard would be Name=XChat,
> GenericName=IRC or Name=Pidgin, GenericName=Instant Messaging, but the
> problem is that GNOME still does not support GenericName.)

Found the old WontFix bug, re-opened,
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293781

Added to distro tracker.  Will pull-rank, escalate issue this time if 
maintainer doesn't conform to established guidelines and policy here. 
(It's about time, it was originally reported eons ago... by me).

-- Rex



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