Looking at the list of changes from v1.7.0 to develop HEAD (here) it's my opinion that the rename and update on our part may be a bit premature and we should wait until a .1 is out that incorporates the various icon, hosting link, etc. changes.

Unlike the celluloid patch however, I'm not gonna make a fuss over the lack of a transition path for Riot users between the desktop files, executables, etc. This isn't part of the base install so it won't affect all users OOTB. Still an inconvenience for those that have it pinned / favorited depending on the desktop environment though.

Marking as Request Changes until a .1 is out.

This revision now requires changes to proceed.Jul 16 2020, 10:16 AM

Update to 1.7.1

Looking at the list of changes from v1.7.0 to develop HEAD (here) it's my opinion that the rename and update on our part may be a bit premature and we should wait until a .1 is out that incorporates the various icon, hosting link, etc. changes.

It's out now, and we no longer need that huge patch :)

Unlike the celluloid patch however, I'm not gonna make a fuss over the lack of a transition path for Riot users between the desktop files, executables, etc. This isn't part of the base install so it won't affect all users OOTB. Still an inconvenience for those that have it pinned / favorited depending on the desktop environment though.

I did take a (brief) look at this. The problem I encountered was that riot will be removed first, at which point the icon disappears. It didn't seem to return after a riot.desktop was installed from Element, so I left it out of my changes.