[ubuntu-studio-devel] Feature Definition Discussion: Multimedia Application Categorization

[Ross Gammon]

On 06/03/2015 05:58 PM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2015, at 05:54 PM, Kaj Ailomaa wrote:
> 
>> I'm considering getting the existing desktop categories using a script
>> which would checkout each repo and scan for a desktop file, then get the
>> categories from the desktop file and store them.
>> I could remake the wiki tables once I have that sorted. Would simplify
>> the work a lot for us.
>>
> 
> Would take less work if one could search without checking out the entire
> repo, then just get the one file if that existed. Not sure if this is
> possible.
> 

Another complication is that some desktop files are created at build
time from all sorts of files (desktop.in, desktop.xml etc.).

Probably the only reliable way would be to download each .deb from
Launchpad, unpack and search for the desktop file there.