kodos doesn't add itself to the GUI menus

Bug #230458 reported by JP Vossen
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kodos (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
kodos (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kodos

No "kodos" item appears in the GUI menu on either Gutsy or Hardy even though a /usr/share/menu/kodos file exists and appears to be well-formed. It looks like it's trying to appear under "Programming" which is not enabled by default on my machines, but when I go into System, Prefs, Main Menu, "kodos" is still not available under Applications/Programming. "Bug Report Tool" and "Python" are available but not checked.

I don't know enough about how the GUI desktop menus are supposed to work to guess at why this is happening.

You could also argue that anyone who needs kodos can figure out how to run it or add it to the menu, but that's not always true. I intend to do a quick demo at a user group tonight, and while some folks are interested in regexps, they aren't Linux/Gnome/Ubuntu power users (some have extensive Windows backgrounds :). They might like to goof around with kodos, but won't have the first clue what to do if it's not in the menu after install.

Gutsy: kodos 2.4.9-5
Hardy: kodos 2.4.9-6

Tags: bitesize

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) wrote :

If any contributor wants to work on this, note that for the addition of a .desktop file its better to coordinate with Debian.

Changed in kodos:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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David Paleino (dpaleino) wrote :

Hello,
I submitted a patch to Debian BTS.

Changed in kodos:
status: Unknown → New
tags: added: bitesize
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kodos - 2.4.9-6.3ubuntu1

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kodos (2.4.9-6.3ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Add .desktop file (LP: #230458):
    - debian/kodos.desktop: Add file
    - debian/rules: Install desktop file and icon
 -- David Futcher <email address hidden> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:47:12 +0000

Changed in kodos (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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David Futcher (bobbo) wrote :

As this bug has been sitting here for 2 years and there seems to be no activity from the Debian maintainer, I've gone ahead and uploaded the desktop file. I'll look at getting this NMU'd in Debian but as that process can take a while and we're fast approaching Lucid release, it would be unlikely that we'd get it done in Debian and synced in time for Lucid release. I'll try to get this synced and remove the delta next cycle.

Changed in kodos (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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