Re: Formal complaint concerning the use of the name "System Settings" by GNOME

[Denis Washington <denisw online de>]

Am 23.07.2011 11:54, schrieb Giovanni Campagna:
> Il giorno sab, 23/07/2011 alle 11.27 +0200, Dodji Seketeli ha scritto:
> > Matthias Clasen<matthias clasen gmail com>  a écrit:
> >
> > > I don't think Shauns proposal addresses the issue, really.
> >
> > Why?  Do you have an example that would show where Shaun's proposal
> > falls short?
>
> You have two .desktop files, matching the same application, so it is
> possible gnome-shell, unity or kde could pick the wrong one when
> matching desktop files to windows (unless you tweak Exec to pass
> --class, but that fails again with single-instance applications)

But one of them is hidden via [Not]OnlyShowIn. There should be code in 
all desktop's .destkop file matchers to prefer the files tailored to the 
respective environment, and if not, it is easy enough to add.

I think everyone here agrees that this more a less a temporary measure 
and that other long-term solutions such as better cross-desktop settings 
integration is in order. However, I think that for the time being the 
.desktop file solution is sensible.

Regards,
Denis Washington