title: Where is a helm icon URL used
body: <p>A Helm chart may include an <code>icon</code> value, which is</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>A URL to an SVG or PNG image to be used as an icon</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>It is optional, but <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51557965/helm-lint-info-chart-yaml-icon-is-recommended"><code>helm lint</code> recommends it</a>.</p>
  
  <p>But where is this URL used?</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Is it only used during package creation? Does helm download the icon from that URL and incorporate it in the package? In this case, the URL could locate a resource that is not publicly available, such as a <code>file:</code> URL for a local source-code file.</li>
  <li>Is it provided like package documentation or meta-data? In this case the URL should locate a publicly available resource. In practice, this means your software needs a web site (or a public GitHub repository, or similar).</li>
  </ul>