[Slackbuilds-users] Easy typo

[Yiannis]

Thank you for the answer.
In fact I have my answer now, because it is not a real package manager as
we know
and probably since it only search for packages + download them
I think Categories=Network;FileTransfer; is the correct?
In any case a HOWTO for .desktop entries is worth it!!

thank you.

Στις Τετ 12 Αυγ 2026 στις 1:45 μ.μ., ο/η B. Watson <urchlay at slackware.uk>
έγραψε:

>
>
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2026, Yiannis wrote:
>
> > BUT What I really want to inform you is this:
> > recently I uploaded the slakfinder-app to SBo and I had this issue with
> the .desktop
> https://forge.slackware.nl/rizitis/slakfinder-app/src/branch/main/SBo.txt
>
> For the record, here's the important part of SBo.txt:
>
> >> sbopkglint complain:
>
> >> Running test: 35-desktop...usr/share/applications/slakfinder.desktop:
> >> hint: value item "PackageManager" in key "Categories"
> >> in group "Desktop Entry" can be extended with another
> >> category among the following categories: Settings
> >> usr/share/applications/slakfinder.desktop: hint: value
> >> "Utility;PackageManager;System;" for key "Categories" in group
> >> "Desktop Entry" contains more than one main category; application
> >> might appear more than once in the application menu
>
> >> BUT the only way to turn it off is Settings;PackageManager; and
> >> Settings in Plasma 6 means "System Settings", which is clearly the
> >> wrong name for a search tool. So let it whine; it's a hint. :)
>
> > And since it doesn't throw an error but a hint, I left it as is.
> > But I would like you to know this as information for sbopkglint and your
> opinion in general is of course welcome.
>
> Yes, "let it whine" is likely the correct answer here. I've found that
> sometimes it's impossible to satisfy desktop-file-validate *and* make
> logical sense.
>
> sbopkglint just runs desktop-file-validate, which is supposed to check that
> a .desktop file conforms to the FreeDesktop.org standards for desktop files
> and categories:
>
> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry/latest/
>
> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu/latest/category-registry.html
>
> [note: These are the latest versions of the spec; Slackware 15.0
> supports slightly outdated specs. You're talking about Plasma 6 so
> you're on -current though]
>
> The standards are not 100% perfect or consistent. Also, desktop
> envronment implementors (like the KDE project) might not interpret
> them exactly as intended. It looks like the FDo standard intended
> "Settings" to be a catch-all for any kind of "settings" (not just
> "System Settings" as Plasma6 uses it). Who's right? Who's wrong? Who
> knows? Does an OS package manager count as "System Settings"?
>
> It looks like "System" would make more sense than "Settings", for
> slakfinder-app.
>
> Actually. Is slakfinder-app even a "Package Manager"? For
> slakfinder-app-6.0/README I see:
>
> Search packages in https://slakfinder.slackware.nl/index.php database.
> Click on package url and:
> read-explore-download package from your web browser.
>
> ...which *doesn't* sound like it actually "manages" packages (in
> the sense that, e.g. slackpkg or sbotools does, or something like
> aptitude on That Other OS). The description doesn't say anything about
> installing or upgrading packages. My opinion would be, if it doesn't
> install/remove/upgrade OS packages, it's not a package manager.
>
> Maybe it really should be a single category, "System" only?
>
> I probably spent too much time writing this, and I apologize for
> it taking too long to read... but hopefully this is more than just
> an email to you, it could end up as part of a "Maintainer FAQ" or
> "Maintainer Tips" page on the SBo site.
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