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

[Erik Blankinship]

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

> Erik Blankinship (erikb at 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?
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