Re: gEDA-dev: ubuntu packages

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2-at-NOSPAMcam_dot_ac_dot_uk>]

On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 23:41 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 01:11:38AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > Here's the desktop file I've added in the Debian package of 1.2.0. I
> > started with the Ubuntu version, but fixing it meant rewriting it
> > really.
> > 
> > The allowed top-level sections are frankly not very good. "Development"
> > sounds like software development but there is not really anything more
> > appropriate. The full desktop spec is at
> > http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/1.0/apa.html
> > 
> [...]

> Categories=Education;Electronics;Engineering;

[snip]

> This results in these items going in the main Education menu, which is
> clearly not right either.

How much weight would it take to get something like "Engineering" bumped
to be a main category?

I'd imagine this could cover a whole HOST of CAD packages and design
tools.

I'd also imagine something like "Science" or "Math" should be made
top-level too. Is it worth trying to contact some of the people listed
at: http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-latest.html to
see if there was any rational behind this apparent omission?

Regards,

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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