GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 596130
Use correct Name and GenericName in .desktop file
Last modified: 2009-09-24 19:55:57 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 -- --- a/data/evolution.desktop.in.in +++ b/data/evolution.desktop.in.in @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ [Desktop Entry] -_Name=Evolution Mail and Calendar +_Name=Evolution _GenericName=Groupware Suite +_X-GNOME-FullName=Evolution Mail and Calendar _Comment=Manage your email, contacts and schedule Exec=evolution Icon=evolution We should probably fix the lame GenericName too at some point. Is there a way we can fix this without breaking string freeze by just moving strings around?
What would the correct GenericName be then? "Mail and Calendar"?
Committed the suggested changes in: http://git.gnome.org/cgit/evolution/commit/?id=640129a4040e8454517f655a573dcb8e0b026375 Reopen if you have any suggestions for GenericName. I don't even know where that gets used anymore. Note to self: we also hard-code "Groupware Suite" in the About dialog.
I'm assuming that you committed to master only? If so, is there any way we can move the translations around so that we can commit to 2.28 without breaking the freeze?
Sure. Both "Evolution" and "Evolution Mail and Calendar" are marked for translation. http://git.gnome.org/cgit/evolution/commit/?h=gnome-2-28&id=3a59da4efb018bb3ad7d7b19a5ec2714f60aef29