relative paths in Exec= in .desktop and .service files

[Jon Watte]

>
> Simon's email explained the use-case: relocatable installations,
> especially on
> Windows.


I don't think that's strong enough to open up a security can of worms.
If you want relocation, use some token system (like how Scons has "#" for
"root of build")
And if the main use case is for Windows, then again I'd look carefully at
actual numbers of users/installs and ability to capture that market, and
discount the value of that support appropriately.
Maybe not everyone agrees with that sentiment, but it's a largely
observable truth :-)

Sincerely,

jw





Sincerely,

Jon Watte


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On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org> wrote:

> On Monday 08 September 2014 10:50:49 Jon Watte wrote:
> > My proposal is that a relative entry should be specified to "fail to
> > execute."
> > Unless there is a really, really good use case (other than "users
> sometimes
> > mistakenly write this") then there's no reason to allow any kind of
> > ambiguity.
>
> Simon's email explained the use-case: relocatable installations,
> especially on
> Windows.
> --
> Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
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