#1131791 x11-apps: provide .desktop entries for some apps (inc xclock)

Package:
x11-apps
Source:
x11-apps
Description:
X applications
Submitter:
Jonathan Dowland
Date:
2026-08-18 05:25:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1131791#5
Date:
2026-03-24 15:56:59 UTC
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To:
As subject. Some environments only present a list of applications that
are configured via .desktop apps (like it or not); xclock should be
available in those environments.

possibly also xcalc, xeyes, oclock, xlogo, xbiff.

Thanks!

#1131791#10
Date:
2026-08-18 05:24:08 UTC
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Hello,

Attached is a patch adding freedesktop.org .desktop entries for
xclock, xcalc, xeyes, oclock, xlogo, and xbiff, closing #1131791.

Notes:

Files go into debian/desktop/ and are installed to
/usr/share/applications/ via debian/x11-apps.install. No changes to
upstream sources.
All six files pass desktop-file-validate.
Icon= is set to the binary name in each file.
Most icon themes don't ship icons under those names, so DEs will fall
back to a generic app icon.
I can follow up with Icons if it is wanted .
Built and installed cleanly on trixie; entries appear in application
menus as expected.

Thanks,
Lily