Dear Dirk and Pietro, > -----Original Message----- > From: Dirk Eddelbuettel [mailto:e...@debian.org] > Sent: March-07-09 12:19 PM > To: Pietro Battiston > Cc: John Fox; 'Dirk Eddelbuettel'; 518...@bugs.debian.org > Subject: RE: Bug#518596: R Commander missing in applications menu > > > Pietro, > > On 7 March 2009 at 17:48, Pietro Battiston wrote: > | Il giorno sab, 07/03/2009 alle 09.59 -0500, John Fox ha scritto: > | > One problem is that Rcmdr, via its R CMD INSTALL > | > > mechanism, has no means of reaching /usr/share/applications/ > | > > > | > > CCing John upstream. > | > > | > Was there something you wanted from me here? > | > | Probably, what we wanted from you was a clear "no, we are not able to > | ship a file installing itself in /usr/share/applications as upstream, so > | it must be added by debian"... or possibly a "no, we are not able to > | install it but at least we are happy to ship it", or even a "sure we can > | install that, let me tweak something", don't know. > > I am not sure how familiar you are with how R packages work (outside of > Debian). As an R package author, John simply has _no means whatsoever_ to > place files in /usr/bin or /usr/share/application. > > All he can do is include them so that distribution packagers like myself make > use of files like the desktop (or pixmap) file. > > | > The logo is in the file Rcmdr.xbm in the package's etc directory. I've > | > attached a copy. > | > > | > I hope this helps, > | > | Thank you very much. > | > | Still, the xbm is monocrome (shown black), while it appears red in the > | GUI... I would personally add the image in another format (and in red), > | eventually upstream... but I let you both judge if it's not overkill. > > If you supply a suitable file I could try to integrate it for Debian, and > John may include it.
Sure. Would it work to put it in install/etc/linux? Regards, John > > Dirk > > > -- > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
