On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 11:23 +0800, Christopher Meng wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday I reviewed a package notion, which is a new window > manager(new to fedorian), it installs desktop file to > /usr/share/xsession. > > Interesting, when I looking into more "window manager" in Fedora, I found that: > > openbox installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > pekwm installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > dwm installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > ratpoison installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > fvwm installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > sawfish installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > icwm installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > enlightenment installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > awesome installs desktop file to /usr/share/xsessions > > ------------- > fluxbox installs desktop file to /usr/share/applications > xmonad installs desktop file to /usr/share/applications > i3 installs desktop file to /usr/share/applications > mutter installs desktop file to /usr/share/applications > byobu installs desktop file to /usr/share/applications > > > So I think that maybe these have been doing wrong for years? Should I > file RFE for these? No. These files serve different purposes. Files in /usr/share/applications are to make applications known to the desktop shell (the fact that mutter installs a desktop file there is more or less a historic remnant - we could probably remove it without harm). Files in /usr/share/xsessions tell the display manager which sessions to offer to the user on the login screen. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
