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Bug 590196 - Use correct Name and GenericName in .desktop file
Use correct Name and GenericName in .desktop file
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: file-roller
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.27.x
Other Linux
: Normal trivial
: ---
Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
file-roller-maint
Depends on:
Blocks: 588975
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-29 21:43 UTC by Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon)
Modified: 2009-12-28 20:43 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.27/2.28

Attachments
Remove GenericName in .desktop file (702 bytes, patch)
2009-07-29 21:47 UTC, Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 		none Details | Review

Description Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 2009-07-29 21:43:12 UTC 
As discussed in various places we shouldn't use the generic name in the name
field in the desktop files:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2009-July/010807.html

We should also have consistency between the Name field, the name used in the
titlebar, the name used in the application menu (gnome-shell, or OS X), the
about box, and the documentation.


See http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/CorrectGenericName
Comment 1 Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 2009-07-29 21:47:12 UTC 
Created attachment 139507 [details] [review]
Remove GenericName in .desktop file
Comment 2 Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 2009-08-22 18:24:30 UTC 
GnomeGoal page moved: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/CorrectDesktopFiles
Comment 3 Paolo Bacchilega 2009-08-23 07:36:31 UTC 
patch applied to master, thank you.
Comment 4 Denis Kasak 2009-12-28 20:43:27 UTC 
Why did the Name field say "Archive Manager" in the first place? Wouldn't it be more appropriate for it to say "File Roller" and for GenericName to say "Archive Manager"? The about box still uses "File Roller <version>" if I am not mistaken, so this doesn't achieve all the consistencies mentioned in the first comment. Also, removing any mentioning of "File Roller" doesn't seem like a good idea since "Archive Manager" is fairly generic and the software *is* called "File Roller" everywhere else (e.g. its website).