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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: desktop file into applnk ? (kde4)
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-05-29 23:10:34
Message-ID: 200605291610.38478.bastian () kde ! org
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On Monday 29 May 2006 13:26, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Monday 29 May 2006 13:54, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> > I could imagine that when moving towards xdg-menu compatibility you'll
> > find yourself wanting to extend the desktop entry spec to better honor
> > the needs of screensaver-.desktop files, but that's just a guess.
>
> do these really need to be in the applnk/ or applications/ directories at
> all? does it make sense to instead just put them in services and use
> ksycoca to locate and load them? the screensaver apps are executable on
> their own, but i don't think it really make it necessary to put them in
> applications/ (or applnk/ for that matter)
>
> i also see that we support a share/apps/scrsav/ directory. anyone know what
> the history behind that is? can support for it be dropped?
>
> if moving the screensaver desktop files into services/ is palatable, i'm
> happy to make the necessary changes in the code.

I think it makes more sense to move them to services, having them under 
applnk/ seems to me mostly an historic artefact.

Cheers,
Waldo
-- 
Linux Client Architect - Channel Platform Solutions Group - Intel Corporation

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