[PATCH] LKML search provider

[David Faure]

On Saturday 24 January 2004 15:26, Frans Englich wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Attached patch adds a desktop file containing a service entry for searching 
> one of the major LKML archives. 
> The issue with this patch is probably of establishing a policy regarding 
> search providers for maillinglists - if LKML gets accepted then other 
> projects mailinglists should too.. But OTOH you could argue that LKML is a 
> "Really Big List"(tm)...
> AFAICT there's no other search providers for mailinglists - is it because of 
> the "inclusion of one means everyone" problem? If too much whining about 
> mailinglists occurs we could easily pull out all mailinglist SP's(including 
> LKML).
No objections (but we lack some rules about what should go there and
what shouldn't, indeed...)

> Regarding the "Query" .desktop directive, why isn't it called x-query(or 
> smiliar)?
This is a Type=Service .desktop file anyway, it's a bit out of the scope of the
standard anyway (what would any non-kde app do with such a file?).
The spec matters only for Type=Application files, the rest is KDE-specific anyway.

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