Re: new menu vfs backend

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 04:08:45PM +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> 	It all sounds good to me, with one question/concern ... is the new
> standard anyway backwards compatible with the old ? If not, how will
> migration be handled ... how broken will things get ?

Applications do the same thing (install .desktop file to
/usr/share/applications with Categories line).  We shouldn't lose
systemwide menu items for that reason. Users will lose all their menu
edits though, and I don't see a way around it.

Havoc