Bug 20195 - introduce more strict relation of Main Category and Additional Category
Summary: introduce more strict relation of Main Category and Additional Category
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: desktop-file-utils
Classification: Unclassified
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other All
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Assignee: Vincent Untz
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Depends on: 20189
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Reported: 2009-02-18 08:22 UTC by Stanislav Brabec
Modified: 2010-02-16 16:40 UTC (History)
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Description Stanislav Brabec 2009-02-18 08:22:09 UTC 
As bug 20189 says, most vendors implement just only documented combinations of Main Category and Additional Category, leaving obscure and non-suggested combinations unsorted (example: Game;FileTools;).

It would be nice to introduce the more strict interpretation of standard (proposed in bug 20189) in desktop-file-validate, as most vendors expect only listed combinations.

A configure time warning/error option would be a good start point.
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2009-02-18 08:25:51 UTC 
Can you quickly try desktop-file-validate from CVS? I have implemented more checks for categories there.
Comment 2 Stanislav Brabec 2009-02-18 08:56:19 UTC 
It seems to work:

grep Categories ugly.desktop
Categories=Game;FileTools;

Output:
ugly.desktop: error: value "FileTools" in key "Categories" in group "Desktop Entry" requires another category to be present among the following categories: Utility, or System

grep Categories nice.desktop
Categories=Utility;FileTools;GTK;Core;

Output:
(no output, OK)

grep Categories strange.desktop
Categories=GTK;Game;FileTools;Utility;BoardGame;

Output:
(no output, OK)
Comment 3 Vincent Untz 2010-02-16 16:40:48 UTC 
Fixed in CVS according to last comment, so closing.

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