[Portland] xdg-utils beta4 available
Bastian, Waldo
waldo.bastian at intel.com
Sat Sep 16 18:00:23 PDT 2006
>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.
Ok, so apps must install both .pngs and .svgs then. I added a test to
see what happens if they do that, and in that case the .png version is
used. I don't see any value brought along by the current svg support.
Cheers,
Waldo
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