From kde-core-devel  Mon Jul 25 16:50:07 2011
From: "David Jarvie" <djarvie () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:50:07 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Formal complaint concerning the use of the name "System
Message-Id: <e8137e014edd956c61eea4e5fafcad08.squirrel () www ! sensical ! net>
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On Mon, July 25, 2011 12:50 pm, Ambroz Bizjak wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> have you seen my proposed improvement on your suggestion?
>
> http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=131149560119520&w=2
>
> I suggest that you consider it, because it would avoid having to
> update the Freedesktop specification and any DE that doesn't name its
> programs differently in other DEs (e.g. Xfce).

This proposal has the same drawbacks as Mark's - it is aimed at
knowledgeable users, not the ordinary user who may not be aware of which
desktop a particular application is from. See
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=131159889604990&w=2.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KDE developer.
KAlarm author - http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm