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From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Gentoo Menu System - Version 2
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:29:18
Message-Id: 1071383072.24276.99.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Gentoo Menu System - Version 2 by Heinrich Wendel
1 On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 07:17, Heinrich Wendel wrote:
2 > Am Saturday 13 December 2003 02:51 schrieb Donnie Berkholz:
3 > > On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 13:48, Heinrich Wendel wrote:
4 > > > Based on the comments of the last thread on -dev about this GLEP I
5 > > > created a new version. Please take a look at
6 > > >
7 > > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0016.html
8 > >
9 > > The substance of this isn't changed as far as I can tell: the brunt of
10 > > creating all these .desktop files and maybe icons still lies on us.
11 > >
12 > > I still agree with a point made in the last thread:
13 > >
14 > > What's so bad about filing this as an upstream request instead? It
15 > > significantly reduces our work since we don't have to do it for hundreds
16 > > of packages. Instead, an upstream developer only has to do it once.
17 >
18 > Most desktop related applications already ship with a .dekstop file and an
19 > icon, you just have to install them in the correct locations.
20
21 And those that don't? Do we do it ourselves or send upstream? I think
22 you need to mention this in the GLEP.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP: Gentoo Menu System - Version 2 Heinrich Wendel <lanius@g.o>