missing icons for .directory files

On further investigation it looks like this bug got picked up from Debian by Sebastien Bacher on 2008-06-13.

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) x86_64/amd64
apt-cache madison gnome-menus
gnome-menus | 3.4.0-0ubuntu1 | http://mirror.team-cymru.org/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

Some game directories are referencing icons that don't exist or are from packages that don't exist anymore:

BlocksGames.directory: Icon=gnome-gnometris
KidsGames.directory: Icon=gnome-amusements
RolePlayingGames.directory: Icon=stock_person
SportsGames.directory: Icon=stock_scores

No icons defined:
AdventureGames.directory
StrategyGames.directory
SimulationGames.directory

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-menus - 3.8.0-1ubuntu4

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gnome-menus (3.8.0-1ubuntu4) saucy; urgency=low

  * Update some of the directory icon names (LP: #1201128)
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Sun, 08 Sep 2013 14:31:02 -0400

Still affects Saucy. Still affects Trusty.

The "fix" was entirely inadequate. Just three files, replacing one arbitrarily inappropriate icon with another, and not the ones that people have complained about. There are standard names for these, included within the default Ubuntu theme. Use those. If you really must use some other icon, call it the appropriate thing and then symlink to whatever icon you've pulled out of the hat. It isn't difficult. Failure to do so highlights how little you value the consistency of the user experience.

@jbicha: My previous comment reads like an attack on you personally. It wasn't intended to be. I'm grateful that you attempted a fix, even though your approach didn't actually address the problem described in the initial report. The lack of resources and low priority for this kind of papercut issue shows how far the Ubuntu project has departed from the user-focused philosophy that initially made it good. Hence, the frustration.

Still an issue on Xenial.

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-menus - 3.31.4-2ubuntu1

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gnome-menus (3.31.4-2ubuntu1) disco; urgency=medium

  * Sync with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - debian/gnome-menus.postinst, debian/gnome-menus.prerm,
      debian/gnome-menus.dirs:
      + Remove since we don't use the Debian GNOME menu blacklist
    - debian/gnome-menus.triggers: Drop "gmenucache".
    - Add 09_app_install_entry.patch:
      + Add Ubuntu Software / GNOME Software to the traditional apps menu
    - Add 70_ubuntu-directories.patch
      + Add Ubuntu-specific directories back to POTFILES.in
    - Add ubuntu_gcc_translations.patch:
      + Make the unity-control-center categories translatable (lp: #1515911)
    - Add 80_file_monitor_delayed.patch:
      + Fix app menus not updating correctly after app install or removal

gnome-menus (3.31.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Follow upstream and stop using intltool for our update-po rule
  * Run debian/rules update-po
  * Add translate-Debian-directories.patch from Ubuntu
  * Run dh_auto_test

gnome-menus (3.31.4-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release
    - Drop the Sundry menu
  * Drop obsolete Build-Depends on intltool
  * Refresh patches
  * Drop 12_alacarte.path: obsolete with new release

gnome-menus (3.31.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - Includes updates for renamed .desktop files
  * Bump debhelper compat to 11
  * Update Vcs fields for migration to https://salsa.debian.org/
  * Add -Wl,-O1 to our LDFLAGS
  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.3.0
  * debian/desktop-files/:
    - Update some of the directory icon names (LP: #1201128)
  * Drop patches applied in new release:
    - 03_kde-legacydirs.patch
    - 30_xdg_syntax.patch
    - 31_nl_translation.patch
  * Refresh patches

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Mon, 21 Jan 2019 20:19:06 -0500