[Portland] xdg-menu copies .desktop file

[Bastian, Waldo]

Yes, good question. I'm a bit undecided on the issue.

Pro:
* Deleting application automatically removes menu-item

Con:
* More difficult to explain that the .desktop file should still be
installed somewhere else
* If you remove the application the way that you installed it, it will
call xdg-menu --uninstall to remove the menu-item 

Waldo Bastian
Linux Client Architect - Channel Platform Solutions Group
Intel Corporation - http://www.intel.com/go/linux
OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman

>-----Original Message-----
>From: portland-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:portland-
>bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Lubos Lunak
>Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 1:29 PM
>To: portland at lists.freedesktop.org
>Subject: [Portland] xdg-menu copies .desktop file
>
>
> Hello,
>
> if I'm getting it right, xdg-menu currently copies the given .desktop
file
>to
>whichever location it decides to copy it to. Wouldn't it make more
sense if
>it (at least optionally) symlinked to the file instead, as suggested by
me
>in
>the "Request for clarification on menu/file spec" thread on the
xdg at list
>(http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2006-February/007751.html)?
>
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