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Bug 685131 - desktop files don't comply freedesktop specs
desktop files don't comply freedesktop specs
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: banshee
Classification: Other
Component: general
2.6.0
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Banshee Maintainers
Banshee Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-09-30 09:48 UTC by Pacho Ramos
Modified: 2012-11-02 10:57 UTC
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Description Pacho Ramos 2012-09-30 09:48:44 UTC 
desktop-file-validate show:
        /usr/share/applications/banshee-audiocd.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "GNOME" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: GTK
        /usr/share/applications/banshee-audiocd.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "Music" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: AudioVideo;Education
        /usr/share/applications/banshee-media-player.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "GNOME" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: GTK
        /usr/share/applications/banshee-media-player.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "Music" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: AudioVideo;Education
        /usr/share/applications/banshee.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "GNOME" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: GTK
        /usr/share/applications/banshee.desktop: error: (will be fatal in the future): value "Music" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: AudioVideo;Education

Thanks for fixing them :)
Comment 1 Bertrand Lorentz 2012-11-02 10:57:15 UTC 
Thank you for your bug report.

I've fixed the first error by adding GTK as a category.

I think the second error is a false alarm, we already have AudioVideo as a category.
It's probably this bug in the validation tool, which should be fixed in desktop-file-utils 0.21:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35844
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2012-October/012526.html