Bug#824417: gnome-terminal: Does not show up in menu(s) in LXDE. Last line of file /usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Terminal.desktop specifies "OnlyShowIn=GNOME; Unity; " Please add LXDE as well.

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Hi! With my Qt/KDE maintainer hat here.

On Sun, 15 May 2016 11:59:47 -0700 Lubo Diakov <lubodiakov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > LXDE is dead upstream (has been replaced by LXQt). So I'm not convinced
> > it makes sense to add this for LXDE now.

Actually today we had a user wanting to launch gnome-terminal from
Plasma and wasn't able due to this patch.

[snip]
> > I wonder if it would make sense to drop
> > debian/patches/01_onlyshowin.patch completely.
> >
> > This patch was added as other desktop environments usually install their
> > own preferred terminal, in case of lxde this is lxterminal.

But users should still be able to run the applications they want using
their desktop launcher. So that patch is indeed causing a bug.

> Yes, please. Having every program that is technically compatible show
> up without jumping through unneeded hoops. Anyone who installs 2 or
> more should be tech. savvy enough to know why he/she did it, i.e. the
> other one has a feature they need.
> >
> > Having multiple terminals in the menu could be confusing.
>
> Only to rank beginners, and that can be mitigated somewhat by clear
> concise explanations/titles in the menu and hints. E.g. if instead of
> calling itself "Terminal" as if there is only one (echoes of
> Highlander in my head) it would specify "gnome terminal, a terminal
> emulator for X11 implemented by gnome, with perhaps the upstream URL
> for FAQs, if needed"

I agree with this.