Re: Common server activation

[Cristian Tibirna <ctibirna total net>]

On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> Sticking every bit of information you need in a .desktop file is
> broken.  

Please, be so kind and explain why.

> It might be ok for some people used to Windows, or to the SuSE config
> setup, but I do not want a gigantic file /etc/The-System to control
> the whole system.

Huh! This sounds more political than technical.

> And bloating .desktop files is exactly the same in this regard.  "We
> need to add more information, where should it go?"  The answer varies,
> but it is definetly not "on the .desktop file".

How could adding info to several hundreds of .desktop files, optionally
installable and flexibly parseable, be compared with having a huge
registry-like system file?

Again, if you please, could you be so kind to explain why .desktop files
aren't "definitely" the answer?

Cristian

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