Seems like a desktop file should always have an Icon. We're throwing an exception because the application desktop file is invalid. I think that's a reasonable thing to do.
** Changed in: ubuntu-app-launch (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591192 Title: Unity8 crashes when launching apps without an icon entry in their .desktop file Status in Canonical System Image: New Status in ubuntu-app-launch package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Install the attached click package 2. Start the application Expected results: Application should start Actual results: Unity8 crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1591192/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp