Bug#688749: desktop file update needed for nvidia-settings?

[Gaudenz Steinlin]

Hi

Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I just started looking inot making nvidia-settings* co-installable.
>
> Are there any patched package versions used for *-live-* that
> incorporate your patches? I.e. do I need to take of them when adding
> Breaks etc.?

None that are in Debian. We used patched packges locally, but I don't
know if you want to add breaks for them. Our local versioning is
173xx_173.14.35-2+lernstick1 (nvidia-settings-legacy) and
313.18-2+lernstick2 (nvidia-settings).

>
> Lintian (from experimental) now reports the following tag for
> nvidia-settings:
>
> I: nvidia-settings: desktop-entry-lacks-keywords-entry
> usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
>
> Should we update this? I have no experience with these .desktop things
> ...

The info text for this lintian warning is indeed confusing. I just
submitted a bug report about that. You should indeed add a "Keywords"
entry to the .desktop file. Keywords are not displayed but search when
using the serach box in the Gnome shell or similar. While you are at it
I also suggest to remove the "System" category from the "Categories"
entry in the .desktop file. The description for "System" says: "System
application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network
monitor" [1]. I don't think nvidia-settings fits this description and having
it in several of the only quite full submenus is a bit annoying.

Gaudenz

[1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html

>
>
> Andreas
>
> PS: There is no need to a patch/bug for nvidia-settings-legacy-*, I'll
> propagate relevant changes form nvidia-settings.
>

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