On 2025-07-04 13:35 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 398-1 > > The xterm package provides *.desktop files, but it is not > shown in Gnome's application window.
Because xterm is installed on most desktops (as a dependency of the xorg metapackage for instance), and Gnome packagers do no want to confuse novice users with multiple terminal applications, so they blacklist xterm. > This is not as expected. Different people have different expectations, see the discussion in #645736. Cheers, Sven