Bug 172423 - "Keywords" validated as string, not localestring
Summary: "Keywords" validated as string, not localestring
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: desktop-file-utils
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-11-04 08:30 UTC by Ville Skyttä
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-11-07 16:41:22 UTC
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Validate "Keywords" as localestring (939 bytes, patch)
2005-11-04 08:30 UTC, Ville Skyttä 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Ville Skyttä 2005-11-04 08:30:06 UTC 
The value of the "Keywords" key in desktop entry files is validated as string,   
which is not too useful for localized keywords.   
   
I don't know of a specification that would define exactly what the "Keywords"   
key may contain, but the possibility of localizing the keywords would sound 
sane to me, and ASCII doesn't work for that purpose.   
   
A problem caused by this:   
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-extras-list/2005-November/msg00197.html   
   
Suggested patch against f.d.o CVS attached.  Reported here because there's no   
component for desktop-file-utils in bugs.freedesktop.org.  (That's  
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4959)
Comment 1 Ville Skyttä 2005-11-04 08:30:07 UTC 
Created attachment 120717 [details]
Validate "Keywords" as localestring
Comment 2 Ray Strode [halfline] 2006-11-07 16:38:03 UTC 
So the only reference I can find to the use of Keywords, is here:

http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/apb.html

It doesn't say what type it is, so if we're finding localestrings in the wild I
guess your patch makes sense.
Comment 3 Ray Strode [halfline] 2006-11-07 16:41:22 UTC 
committed.
Comment 4 Rex Dieter 2006-11-29 02:27:13 UTC 
This affects packaging of many kde applications.  
Can we expect a fixed desktop-file-utils to land in fedora soon?
Comment 5 Ray Strode [halfline] 2006-11-29 03:21:57 UTC 
Should be in tomorrow's rawhide.  Sorry for the delay; I thought I had already
pushed it to rawhide.
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