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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] make_desktop_entry in eutils.eclass
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:34:28
Message-Id: 200701312330.54378.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] make_desktop_entry in eutils.eclass by Jim Ramsay
1 On Wednesday 31 January 2007, Jim Ramsay wrote:
2 > Personally I'd rather just add one line to my ebuild as opposed to
3 > creating and maintaining a .desktop file in the files directory. This
4 > would just add a useful feature for those who want that level of
5 > flexibility.
6
7 which is rarely needed/wanted
8
9 i could add an option for every single aspect of the .desktop file spec but in
10 reality, you have to draw the line somewhere
11
12 the items you requested, while useful, are not nearly common enough to warrant
13 attention on any scale
14
15 about the only thing that'd work is an additional parameter called "cruft"
16 that'd be passed unfiltered into the .desktop file
17 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] make_desktop_entry in eutils.eclass Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@×××××××××××.fr>