Deduplicate common Linux files

Issue #78 new
Guilherme created an issue

There’s currently a bit of duplication regarding files commonly used on Linux:

wallpaperdownloader.desktop:

$ find -type f -name '*.desktop'
./aur/wallpaperdownloader.desktop
./src/main/resources/desktop/snap.wallpaperdownloader.desktop
./src/main/resources/desktop/wallpaperdownloader.desktop
./snap/snap/gui/wallpaperdownloader.desktop
./deb/wallpaperdownloader.desktop

wallpaperdownloader.svg:

$ find -type f -name '*.svg'
./aur/wallpaperdownloader.svg
./src/main/resources/images/desktop/wallpaperdownloader.svg
./snap/snap/gui/wallpaperdownloader.svg
./deb/wallpaperdownloader.svg

wallpaperdownloader.sh:

./aur/wallpaperdownloader.sh
./snap/scripts/bin/wallpaperdownloader.sh
./deb/wallpaperdownloader

Perhaps it’d be a good thing to have them only once, and in a single place.

I understand some files might require tweaking before they can be installed (e.g. the script launcher), but hopefully it shouldn’t be too hard to do…

Comments (3)

  1. Eloy García Almadén repo owner

    Hi!

    Thank you again for your contributions!! :) I’ll take a look at your proposal to see if it’s worth it.

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