[Portland] xdg-utils beta4 available

[Rex Dieter]

Bastian, Waldo wrote:
>>>     * support for SVG icons is not very widespread since it has only
>>>       been added to relative recent desktop versions. Should we drop
>>>       support for SVG icons from xdg-icon-resource?
>> imo, no.  I suggest letting desktop's play catch-up.
> 
> I understand where you are coming from but I think leaving it as-is
> presents a problem. When you develop an application for Linux you want
> certain things, like having a menu entry with a proper icon, to just
> work. Having an icon not show up for half of your users is not really an
> option.

my $0.02:  Apps should include more than *only* svg icons (that may or 
may not work), else, they're asking for trouble anyway.  This is a 
problem outside the scope of what xdg-utils should be worrying about.

-- Rex