codebrainz commented on this pull request.
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+icondir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
not sure what the dist_ adds here since the stuff in _DATA should be distributed anyway
No, _DATA is not distributed by default, I guess because it's often generated out of templates and the like.
Makes sense, why would you want to distribute files that you've indicated need to be installed? </sarcasm>
In my experience it actually does distribute them, either that or it doesn't cause `make distcheck` to fail, or else I've always been very lucky and somehow got them distributed automatically.