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Subject: Re: Common server activation
From: Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna () total ! net>
Date: 1999-06-27 22:14:28
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On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> Sticking every bit of information you need in a .desktop file is
> broken.
Please, be so kind and explain why.
> It might be ok for some people used to Windows, or to the SuSE config
> setup, but I do not want a gigantic file /etc/The-System to control
> the whole system.
Huh! This sounds more political than technical.
> And bloating .desktop files is exactly the same in this regard. "We
> need to add more information, where should it go?" The answer varies,
> but it is definetly not "on the .desktop file".
How could adding info to several hundreds of .desktop files, optionally
installable and flexibly parseable, be compared with having a huge
registry-like system file?
Again, if you please, could you be so kind to explain why .desktop files
aren't "definitely" the answer?
Cristian
Cristian Tibirna : ctibirna@total.net : www.total.net/~ctibirna
PhD Student : ctibirna@gch.ulaval.ca : web.gch.ulaval.ca/~ctibirna
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