Re: Packages containing GUI applications must include a %{name}.desktop

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On 23/03/10 06:07, Jon Masters wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-22 at 09:10 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
...
>> If a package contains a GUI application, then it needs to also include a
>> properly installed .desktop file. For the purposes of these guidelines,
>> a GUI application is defined as any application which draws an X window
>> and runs from within that window.
>>
>> Does the tnef application meet that criteria?
No.

I think we might be looking at the inversion of that item, ie if it 
isn't a gui app, is it allowed to have desktop files ?

ie:

> That's inverse logic though because he's including a .desktop file in a
> case where he doesn't have to. I don't see any justification for saying
> one can't ship one if one wants to.

Are there any existing cases like this that we could examine ?

David.
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