Hi folks
While trying to figure out a way to install some desktop specific files
(such as APP.desktop or APP.appdata.xml) within the installation prefix
(instead of python installation) using setuptools, I started wondering
if it's actually a good idea.
Is this something that should be handled by Linux packagers (as it is
now)?
The application I'm working on (upstream) to improve the desktop
related files is Frescobaldi.
As you can see here¹, the desktop file is copied in the right
directory thanks to the spec file.
Some reasons to keep this behaviour:
- setuptools doesn't provide a way to uninstall a package so you have
to do it manually, while a package removes all the installed files
- if you want to run a python package from source, there's no need to
install it
I'd be interested to know your thoughts.
Thanks
Federico
¹
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/frescobaldi/blob/master/f/frescobaldi.spec#_75
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