Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Should some patches from debian/patches/ be applied

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guy Harris wrote:

> Speaking of Debian updates, should there be a README file to indicate 
> what packaging files need to be updated, in what fashion, when a new 
> file is added to the list of installed files in Ethereal?  If, for 
> example, a new plugin is added, the NSIS script has to be updated - but, 
> apparently, none of the other packaging files do.

And, looking at the various Debianisms, there's a 
"debian/ethereal-root.desktop" file, that runs Ethereal under "gksu", so 
it runs as root.  However, it differs from the top-level 
"ethereal.desktop" file in some other ways:

	1) There are "Name[]=" entries for Korean, Tamil, Ukrainian, and 
Vietnamese in the "ethereal.desktop" file, but not in the 
"ethereal-root.desktop" file.  The one for Vietnamese is probably 
redundant (I assume the "Name=" entry is used for languages that don't 
have explicit strings), but the others are presumably used because 
Korean, Tamil, and Ukrainian don't use the Roman alphabet (but they're 
not the only languages that don't - should there be more?).  Presumably 
the "Name[]=" entries in "ethereal-root.desktop" should include 
translations of the "(as root)" parenthetical note, if those entries are 
put in "ethereal-root.desktop".

	2) They have different "Icon=" values - which one is the appropriate 
icon for desktops?

	3) The "Categories=" values are different - should Ethereal go in GTK, 
GNOME, or both (it doesn't currently use GNOME), and should it go into 
an "X-Red-Hat-Extra" category?

Also, is debian/ethereal.menu specific to the Debian menu system, or is 
it for any freedesktop.org (or other) desktop-neutral standard?