Thanks for testing again. So I mark this as fixed. In pre-beta 1 versions there were indeed various bugs in gnome-menus which made desktop files not appear at all/immediately.
** Changed in: gnome-menus (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released -- Installing package that contains a .desktop file does not appear in the Application Menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533264 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs