PSPP-BUG: pspp package could use a .desktop file

[James R. Van Zandt]

An Ubuntu user has suggested a .desktop file for pspp.  I've added
this to the Debian package:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=GNU PSPP
GenericName=Statistical Software
GenericName[de]=Statistiksoftware
Comment=Analyze statistical data with a free alternative to SPSS
Comment[de]= Statistische Daten mit einer freien Alternative zu SPSS analysieren
Exec=psppire %F
TryExec=psppire
Icon=pspp_48x48.png
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;Education;Science;Math;

For an icon, the user suggested the existing pspplogo file.  
The guidelines at
http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html
asked for a 48x48 icon, so I created one like this:

convert pspplogo.png -background white -resize 48x48 pspp_48x48.png

If you have an SVG version, or something more along the lines of an
icon (something drawn) instead of a logo (something written), or any
other suggestions, please let me know.

          - Jim Van Zandt


------- Start of forwarded message -------
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:42:53 +0100
From: "Bojo 42" <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: pspp package could use a .desktop file

hi james,

i'm writing you cause i like to submit you a .desktop file for the pspp
package. as you know it has a nice gui since version 0.6 and therefore it
would be great if we would have a menu entry to it (beside the debian menu).

regarding the icon i just link to the logo png in the package, cause it
would seem odd to copy this one to /usr/share/pixmaps as it is 64x64 and
downscaling to a 32x32 xpm results in an ugly picture.

i translated the comment only to german as it's the only language i speak
beside english.

would be cool if you could integrate it into the package, even when it comes
from a ubuntu dude :)

best regards

bojo42

PS: i didn't create a bug report as i was a bit unsure if its okay to use
reportbug from ubuntu