From 5a9f05d8697341eba36a828c1de8583faf56b069 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter TB Brett Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 08:53:26 +0100 Subject: menu: Relax main category requirements The list of Main Categories does not provide a complete ontology for application categorisation. A very large number of applications (e.g. specialist scientific and engineering applications) have therefore been unable to list one of the existing Main Categories in their .desktop files, leading to nonconformance with this specification. This patch relaxes the requirement to list at least one Main Category in conformant .desktop files. This permits conformant .desktop files to be written for applications that do not fit into the existing Main Category ontology. See also: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xdg/12770 --- menu/menu-spec.xml | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/menu/menu-spec.xml b/menu/menu-spec.xml index 28c0097..12c6a1c 100644 --- a/menu/menu-spec.xml +++ b/menu/menu-spec.xml @@ -1330,8 +1330,7 @@ show up in a section of the application menu dedicated to this category. The list of Additional Categories provides categories that can be used to provide more fine grained information about - the application. Additional Categories should always be used in - combination with one of the Main Categories. + the application. The table below lists all Main Categories. @@ -1394,9 +1393,8 @@ The table below describes Additional Categories. The Related Categories column lists one or more categories that are suggested - to be used in conjunction with the Additional Category. Note that at - least one Main Category must be included in the desktop entry's list - of categories. If multiple Main Categories are included in a single + to be used in conjunction with the Additional Category. If multiple + Main Categories are included in a single desktop entry file, the entry may appear more than once in the menu. If the Related Categories column is blank, the Additional Category can be used with any Main Category. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf