[mpris] DesktopEntry shortcomings

[Alex Merry]

On Thursday 23 December 2010 15:38:24 mirsal at mirsal.fr wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Conor Curran
> > Why shouldn't it be the full path to the desktop file including the
> > extension ?
> 
> About the full path, I believe it is not needed as desktop
> environments provide desktop entry lookup facilities which make use of
>  cascading mechanisms.
> 
> Besides, media players are not necessarily aware of the exact
> filesystem location of a relevant desktop entry, and I believe it is
> much better to let the desktop environment manage that.
> 
> It looks like you are right about the extension, though.

But in this case, client can easily add .desktop to the value they get, right?  
So there's no particular advantage in changing it.

Alex
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