[Portland] Proposal - desktop-integration-utils

[Jeremy White]

Banginwar, Rajesh wrote:
> I would actually suggest extending the desktop-file-utils (which is
> already part of most of the Linux distros) package instead of creating a
> new one. At least for all the command line tools. This has two
> advantages: It will be easier for distros to pick it up (even the ones
> which are already feature freeze like SLES10) in their service
> pack/update cycle. Another advantage is all similar tools will be in one
> place/package.

Yah, I thought of suggesting that.  Is the author
(Havoc?) on this list? I don't want to trip on someone
elses toes.  I also thought the name would be a little
misleading, note sure how 'xdg-su' is related to
'desktop files' <g>.

I'll work up a packet either way.


> 
> For this to be useful to as many ISVs as possible, the tools should
> become part of the distributions. Once they get accepted by most of the
> distros, LSB can come up and document these in addition to making it
> part of the LSB desktop certification. 

Right, good point.

Cheers,

Jer