xdg Desktop file lacks “Keywords” entry

• Aug 7, 2017 - 13:36
Reported version
2.1
Type
Functional
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Status
closed
Project

The file build/Linux+BSD/mscore.desktop.in apparently lacks a “Keyword” entry. Lintian emits the following warning:

I: musescore: desktop-entry-lacks-keywords-entry usr/share/applications/mscore.desktop
N:
N: This .desktop file does either not contain a "Keywords" entry or it does
N: not contain any keywords not already present in the "Name" or
N: "GenericName" entries.
N:
N: .desktop files are organized in key/value pairs (similar to .ini files).
N: "Keywords" is the name of the entry/key in the .desktop file containing
N: keywords relevant for this .desktop file.
N:
N: The desktop-file-validate tool in the desktop-file-utils package is
N: useful for checking the syntax of desktop entries.
N:
N: Refer to
N: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s0…,
N: https://bugs.debian.org/693918, and
N: https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/GnomeGoals/DesktopFileKeywords for
N: details.
N:
N: Severity: wishlist, Certainty: certain
N:
N: Check: menu-format, Type: binary


Comments

Keywords we use elsewhere.

music, notation, software, composition, composing, arranging, making, sheet music, lead sheet, leadsheet, score, full score, scorewriter, MIDI, musicxml, print, playback, instrument