Package: gdebi

Version: 0.9.5.7+nmu2

GDebi historically maintained two GUIs, gdebi-gtk and gdebi-kde. Using the NotShowIn and OnlyShowIn fields of the desktop files, gdebi-gtk was shown in all non-KDE desktops and gdebi-kde was shown only in KDE. In 2017 <https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/g/gdebi/gdebi_0.9.5.7+nmu7_changelog>, gdebi-kde was removed because it depended on pykde4, but gdebi was not updated so that the desktop file shows on KDE. This leads to the unexpected behavior where GDebi is installed but KDE users cannot use GDebi to handle .deb files they might wish to install or launch GDebi from the main menu, as the desktop file is hidden. I suggest that the line "NotShowIn=KDE;" in the file /usr/share/applications/gdebi.desktop is removed, so that gdebi-kde users could use GDebi from KDE. Recent versions of KDE for several years have handled Gtk applications well, so there is no point in preventing KDE users from using GDebi.

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