On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Erik Blankinship (erikb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:
> > It is general policy that applications should go into the menus, not on theI suspect if many apps started to do it, it would become a much more
> > desktop.
>
> I did not know about that policy, but I guess you are right -- no rpms leave
> desktop icons.
strongly documented policy against it. It's a bad idea. Future versions
of some desktops don't even *show* desktop icons by default.
While it might be against policy for an rpm to add icons to to the gnome desktop, sometimes the "ol' show just installed apps asÂicons on the desktop" makes sense for a given audience. ÂFor example, we are making educational software for the OLPC XO and some teachers really like having an icon on their desktop once they've installed some gui software. ÂThey have expressed their preference for this option.
So, with this in mind, I am wondering if there is a way for an rpm to create an icon on the gnome desktop. ÂIf it is possible, could someone point me towards an example or some documentation?
Also, can someone point me to the fedora policy against desktop icons? ÂIt would be helpful to see the policy so as to avoid other pitfalls. ÂThanks much!
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