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> Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 22:34:18 +0100 (BST)
> From: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk>
> 
> > In fact, the _least_ surprising from
> > an XDG/FDO perspective would actually be to _only_ expose
> > a "client+autolaunch" desktop entry and just call that the
> > point of integration for Emacs.
> 
> Agreed.  Attached is a patch which achieves this.

This is a backward-incompatible change, so why should it be the
default, and not the alternative action via right-click?  And anyway,
wouldn't some people be surprised to see emacsclient frame when they
expected a new instance of Emacs, without their say-so?