Bug#693918: lintian: Add test for missing keywords
Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.10.2
Severity: wishlist
Keywords is a relatively new addition to the desktop entry spec that
improves the ability to find apps by typing in related words. GNOME
Shell, Unity, and Software Center currently support Keywords. Also,
GNOME Shell 3.6 no longer uses the "Comment" field for searching so
the discoverability since GNOME 3.4 will likely regress a bit until
developers add keywords to their .desktop files.
I'd like to see a lintian test that reports when a package includes a
.desktop without Keywords (except for .desktop files that have
NoDisplay=true; set). GNOME developers will probably take care of
adding keywords for GNOME 3.8 core apps but this should help increase
developer awareness for other apps.
https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/DesktopFileKeywords
http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2012-November/msg00066.html
Jeremy
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers raring-updates
APT policy: (500, 'raring-updates'), (500, 'raring-security'), (500,
'raring'), (100, 'raring-backports')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
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