On Thursday 04 December 2003 13:19, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > The silly question is : What does our actual menu system provide that > > shouldn't be achieved by using .desktop file ? > > > > As those are going to be a standard, we should deal with them. > > You could swap "our menu system" and ".desktop files" here and your > argument would still be about as valid.
it was really a question, not an argument. My personal opinion here is that adopting standards enabled by freedesktop.org could be good, because upstreams seem to adopt them :) I lack the technical knowledge about .desktop files and debian menu system that could allow me to have a real good opinion on the subject. Hence the question : Where are the real differences ? .destop files advantage(s) : - well integrated with upstream desktops - i18n enabled - supported by freedesktop.org - ... debian menu advantage(s) : - well integrated into debian :) - ... Please, fill the blanks :) The other question is "how hard could it be to adapt menu to desktop files ?". Raphael
