nixos/doc: add release note for makeDesktopItem changes

nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml

@@ -746,6 +746,70 @@
           <literal>false</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          <literal>pkgs.makeDesktopItem</literal> has been refactored to
+          provide a more idiomatic API. Specifically:
+        </para>
+        <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              All valid options as of FDO Desktop Entry specification
+              version 1.4 can now be passed in as explicit arguments
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              <literal>exec</literal> can now be null, for entries that
+              are not of type Application
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              <literal>mimeType</literal> argument is renamed to
+              <literal>mimeTypes</literal> for consistency
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              <literal>mimeTypes</literal>,
+              <literal>categories</literal>,
+              <literal>implements</literal>,
+              <literal>keywords</literal>, <literal>onlyShowIn</literal>
+              and <literal>notShowIn</literal> take lists of strings
+              instead of one string with semicolon separators
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              <literal>extraDesktopEntries</literal> renamed to
+              <literal>extraConfig</literal> for consistency
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Actions should now be provided as an attrset
+              <literal>actions</literal>, the <literal>Actions</literal>
+              line will be autogenerated.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              <literal>extraEntries</literal> is removed.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+              Additional validation is added both at eval time and at
+              build time.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+        </itemizedlist>
+        <para>
+          See the <literal>vscode</literal> package for a more detailed
+          example.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="sec-release-22.05-notable-changes">

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md

@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   pipewire-media-session is deprecated by upstream and not recommended, but can still be manually enabled by setting
   `services.pipewire.media-session.enable` to `true` and `services.pipewire.wireplumber.enable` to `false`.
 
+- `pkgs.makeDesktopItem` has been refactored to provide a more idiomatic API. Specifically:
+  - All valid options as of FDO Desktop Entry specification version 1.4 can now be passed in as explicit arguments
+  - `exec` can now be null, for entries that are not of type Application
+  - `mimeType` argument is renamed to `mimeTypes` for consistency
+  - `mimeTypes`, `categories`, `implements`, `keywords`, `onlyShowIn` and `notShowIn` take lists of strings instead of one string with semicolon separators
+  - `extraDesktopEntries` renamed to `extraConfig` for consistency
+  - Actions should now be provided as an attrset `actions`, the `Actions` line will be autogenerated.
+  - `extraEntries` is removed.
+  - Additional validation is added both at eval time and at build time.
+
+  See the `vscode` package for a more detailed example.
+
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 ## Other Notable Changes {#sec-release-22.05-notable-changes}