[Build-common-hackers] Bug#439717: closed by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e at gmx.net> (Re: Bug#439717: cdbs: run dh_desktop if there's a debian/package.desktop file)

[Bernd Zeimetz]

reopen 439717
retitle 439717 run dh_desktop if needed
thanks

> 
> This feature request is semantically incorrect in my mind.
> 

Then fix the semantics instead of closing it with a useless reason please.

dh_desktop is what you need to use if you install a desktop file
(currently only if it contains Mime-types, but dh_desktop takes care of
that).

The better check (instead of looking for a debian/package.desktop file)
would be to look into debian/packagename/usr/share/applications
to see if there's a desktop file, and run dh_desktop then.

At the moment dh_desktop is only called by the gnome class, but that's
nothing you want to include by default.
The proper way would be to check if running dh_desktop is needed for
every package. Remember, desktop files are a freedesktop.org standard
and not a gnome-only standard.


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Bernd Zeimetz
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