Desktop file directories under $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/* don't support hyphen in name

Bug #803664 reported by Märt Põder
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Individual Screenlets
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
Unity
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
unity-2d
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned
unity-lens-applications
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned
unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Following http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.html#paths

If I put a desktop file under the folder /usr/share/applications/foobar, then it's displayed in dash all right.
If I put the same desktop file under the directory /usr/share/applications/foo-bar, then it's name in dash is blank.

See screenshot at https://launchpadlibrarian.net/74310396/Screenshot.png
Connected bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/screenlets/+bug/803599

Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit
Unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1

Tags: scopes-s
Märt Põder (boamaod)
Changed in indiv-screenlets:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
description: updated
summary: - Desktop file directories under $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/* doesn't
+ Desktop file directories under $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications/* don't
support hyphen in name
description: updated
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-place-applications:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote :

That bug is believed to have been fixed in Unity 2D by bzr revision 630 and part of release 3.8.12 availabled in Oneiric and Natty in the daily PPA: https://launchpad.net/~unity-2d-team/+archive/unity-2d-daily

Changed in unity-2d:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-2d:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in unity-2d:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Omer Akram (om26er)
no longer affects: unity-place-applications (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity-lens-applications:
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity-lens-applications (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: added: scopes-s
Revision history for this message
N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) wrote :

Hello,
as part of the bug clean up ahead of 16.04 LTS I'm marking this as invalid because it affects an Ubuntu release which is now unsupported. If you can still recreate this bug in a supported release please do open a new bug and we can triage it for consideration in the 16.04 LTS development cycle.

Regards
NickTh

Changed in unity:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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