[Fedora-packaging] installing an icon to the desktop?

[Jon Ciesla]

Erik Blankinship wrote:
>
> > > So, with this in mind, I am wondering if there is a way for an rpm to
> > > create an icon on the gnome desktop.  If it is possible, could someone
> > > point me towards an example or some documentation?
> > >
> > > Also, can someone point me to the fedora policy against desktop icons?
> > >  It would be helpful to see the policy so as to avoid other pitfalls.
> > >  Thanks much!
>
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines
>
> Ok, looking specifically at:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Desktop_files
>
> I can't find anything here about putting an icon on the user's 
> desktop.  When I create near identical .desktop file to the one listed 
> on that page, it just creates a gnome menu item.
>
> I also don't see anything on this page advising me against putting an 
> icon on the dektop.
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It's not so much the Packaging Guidelines directly, but the fact that we 
make every effort to adhere to FHS:

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#HOMEUSERHOMEDIRECTORIES

You just can't rely on /home being present or having particular 
contents, for one thing.

-J

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