Package: gsambad Version: 0.1.8-1 Severity: minor The desktop file includes the Encoding field which is deprecated. The icon field is not properly set according to specifications (the icon field should NOT contain any file extensions.) Finally, the "Application" entry in Categories is also deprecated.
/tmp/merges/gsambad-0.1.8$ desktop-file-validate desktop/net-gsambad.desktop desktop/net-gsambad.desktop: warning: key "Encoding" in group "Desktop Entry" is deprecated desktop/net-gsambad.desktop: error: value "gsambad.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path desktop/net-gsambad.desktop: warning: value "Application;GTK;System;" for key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" contains a deprecated value "Application" Recommend actions: in <package src>/desktop/net-gsambad.desktop - -Encoding=UTF-8 -Icon=gsambad.png +Icon=gsambad -Categories=GTK;System; +Categories=Application;GTK;System; I use the current development version of Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04 LTS).