[Fedora-packaging] Packages containing GUI applications must include a %{name}.desktop

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Sat Mar 20 00:33:25 UTC 2010


Hi, I am packaging the application tnef [1], where the reviewer has 
queried whether I need to provide a desktop file.

This is a little different from a normal GUI application desktop file. 
The application is command line only. I have added a shellscript, and 
some desktop files that cause nautilus and kde file managers to show 
.dat files as having a potential open with tnef extract entry.

So while I'm including .desktop files, they aren't in the menus. Is this 
acceptable, packaging wise ?

David.
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522920


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