SOURCES: inkscape-desktop.patch (NEW) - Categories fix

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz ankry at green.mif.pg.gda.pl
Tue Nov 30 14:28:28 CET 2004


Fryderyk Dziarmagowski wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:01:15 +0100 (CET)
> Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <ankry at green.mif.pg.gda.pl> wrote:
> 
> > > > > +-Categories=Application;Graphics;VectorGraphics;GTK;
> > > > > ++Categories=GTK;Graphics;VectorGraphics;
> > > > 
> > > > My question is: what is the purpose of removing "Application;"
> > > > here as the only change?
> > > 
> > > because it's bogus?
> > 
> > And such a patch gives you nothing but problems at upgrade.
> 
> Try to be more precise.
>  
> > > > This string should be simply ignored.
> > > 
> > > Where is it documented? in your ~/ ?
> > 
> > In self-documenting applnk code?
> > 
> > Just think. Backward compatibility requires that something unknown in
> > current specification _must_ be ignored. Otherwise, the vfolders
> > specification would be a very bad design.
> 
> Backward compatibility to... what you mean?

Compatibility with earlier vfolders specification.

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