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[David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Currently this package ships a .desktop file with the same icon as the
one on the 'ubuntu-sdk-ide' package, yet it executes a different binary.

This can be extremely confusing to app developers, which a) won't know
which icon to choose when launching the IDE and b) won't know either
that a different installation of the IDE will be launched depending on
the icon.

In addition to that, a third package, 'qtcreator' ships a different icon
that launches the qtcreator binary.

$ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-sdk-ide.desktop
ubuntu-sdk-ide: /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-sdk-ide.desktop
# Calls 'Exec=qtcreator %F'

$ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/ubuntusdk.desktop
qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu: /usr/share/applications/ubuntusdk.desktop
# Calls 'Exec=/usr/bin/ubuntu-sdk-ide %F'

$ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop
qtcreator: /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop
# Calls 'Exec=qtcreator %F'

I'd suggest simply dropping the ubuntusdk.desktop icon from the
qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu package.

See the effect on the screenshots at http://imgur.com/a/F80YO

** Affects: qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  Currently this package ships a .desktop file with the same icon as the
  one on the 'ubuntu-sdk-ide' package, yet it executes a different binary.
  
  This can be extremely confusing to app developers, which a) won't know
  which icon to choose when launching the IDE and b) won't know either
  that a different installation of the IDE will be launched depending on
  the icon.
  
  In addition to that, a third package, 'qtcreator' ships a different icon
  that launches the qtcreator binary.
  
  $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-sdk-ide.desktop
  ubuntu-sdk-ide: /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-sdk-ide.desktop
  # Calls 'Exec=qtcreator %F'
  
  $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/ubuntusdk.desktop
  qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu: /usr/share/applications/ubuntusdk.desktop
  # Calls 'Exec=/usr/bin/ubuntu-sdk-ide %F'
  
- $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop 
+ $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop
  qtcreator: /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop
  # Calls 'Exec=qtcreator %F'
  
  I'd suggest simply dropping the ubuntusdk.desktop icon from the
  qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu package.
+ 
+ See the effect on the screenshots at http://imgur.com/a/F80YO

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1575062

Title:
  Confusing desktop icon when installed in parallel with Ubuntu SDK IDE

Status in qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently this package ships a .desktop file with the same icon as the
  one on the 'ubuntu-sdk-ide' package, yet it executes a different
  binary.

  This can be extremely confusing to app developers, which a) won't know
  which icon to choose when launching the IDE and b) won't know either
  that a different installation of the IDE will be launched depending on
  the icon.

  In addition to that, a third package, 'qtcreator' ships a different
  icon that launches the qtcreator binary.

  $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-sdk-ide.desktop
  ubuntu-sdk-ide: /usr/share/applications/ubuntu-sdk-ide.desktop
  # Calls 'Exec=qtcreator %F'

  $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/ubuntusdk.desktop
  qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu: /usr/share/applications/ubuntusdk.desktop
  # Calls 'Exec=/usr/bin/ubuntu-sdk-ide %F'

  $ dpkg -S /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop
  qtcreator: /usr/share/applications/qtcreator.desktop
  # Calls 'Exec=qtcreator %F'

  I'd suggest simply dropping the ubuntusdk.desktop icon from the
  qtcreator-plugin-ubuntu package.

  See the effect on the screenshots at http://imgur.com/a/F80YO

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