Re: NonGNU ELPA: New package 'xdg-appmenu'

[Juri Linkov]

>>> I've just written a new package and would like to publish it to on
>>> NonGNU ELPA:
>>>
>>> XDG Appmenu allows you to run XDG desktop application right from your
>>> Emacs.  To run an application, just do `M-x xdg-appmenu'.
>
> Thanks, this looks like a useful addition.  I have two questions:
>
> - How does this compare to the work made by Juri in Bug#63911?  Could
>   the efforts be merged somehow, such that the end result ends up in
>   Emacs, or does that not make sense?  (I'm copying in Juri too.)

The patch in bug#63911 relies on the helper functions implemented
in the core package emacs/lisp/xdg.el such as 'xdg-mime-apps'
and 'xdg-desktop-read-file'.

The package https://codeberg.org/akib/emacs-xdg-appmenu
duplicates the work already done in xdg.el.

However, it's hard to compare these two implementations.
Maybe in case if something is missing in xdg.el
it could be improved based on code from the package?