From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 10:03:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36B9E106564A; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:03:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from redbull.bpaserver.net (redbullneu.bpaserver.net [213.198.78.217]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92F78FC19; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:02:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexander@leidinger.net) Received: from outgoing.leidinger.net (p54A55778.dip.t-dialin.net [84.165.87.120]) by redbull.bpaserver.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0836B2E2DC; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.leidinger.net (webmail.leidinger.net [192.168.1.102]) by outgoing.leidinger.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541D8109901; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:50 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=Leidinger.net; s=outgoing-alex; t=1213092170; bh=MMoOiXOf7Pa4F31RfdkDhPXM8r3XXB9ln 1z2l0kIJMU=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=j6oN9b/WbEIG3Xe3tFh0b0QjNH3rozu/52kqGZO3GwMf7haNQur2eYEDZMr/JGnUZ 8sYXukZgVM3mN6P+vZcG/LocflUVoJUM6Cohrafip6TyHX769mJT90iYCVJ5+r80ZPQ 8dtd7ZUS8/7ZUO0ke5Tgr5YS4dvVUwFLzcVVeTLl850+KcBfX27O/QPGOCDhf+5J64Y snBIfjSU6wWFB18NCvJU46NIFHEsMqxPSryln87rfGDXhYyAW17MC+qWpPbQEc2a7M/ HtKtJ8XIecgm0L+kSeZ2qqBF/jXPFsv0NGEd+Sdq019a6phZRdUiwLqwevDGXFlIs6x SGJH1vcrg== Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.leidinger.net (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m5AA2nIa076422; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from pslux.cec.eu.int (pslux.cec.eu.int [158.169.9.14]) by webmail.leidinger.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20080610120249.19093km5gji8viw4@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:49 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Joe Marcus Clarke References: <1212956773.92272.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20080609121047.467267lugai59y0w@webmail.leidinger.net> <484DC7C6.10007@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <484DC7C6.10007@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.2-RC2) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-BPAnet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-BPAnet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-BPAnet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, ORDB-RBL, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-12.927, required 6, BAYES_00 -15.00, DKIM_SIGNED 0.00, DKIM_VERIFIED -0.00, MIME_QP_LONG_LINE 1.40, RDNS_DYNAMIC 0.10, TW_EV 0.08, VOWEL_TOCC_5 0.50) X-BPAnet-MailScanner-From: alexander@leidinger.net X-Spam-Status: No Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users , Michael Johnson , Kris Moore Subject: Re: Helping to put FreeBSD GNOME onto more desktops X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:03:00 -0000 Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke (from Mon, 09 Jun 2008 =20 20:16:06 -0400): > Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Quoting Michael Johnson (from Sun, 8 Jun 2008 =20 >> 21:35:35 -0500): >> >>> I guess we should come up with a list of things we want in the 'easy GNO= ME >>> setup port'. I suggest we start a wiki/todo page so others can add their >>> ideas/plans. >> >> Good idea. >> >> What we would need (IMHO): >> - .desktop files for stuff which hasn't one (back in the 2.6 days, =20 >> I started a port for this, see =20 >> http://www.leidinger.net/FreeBSD/misc-desktop-files-2.6.1.tar.bz2 =20 >> for some rudimentary stuff) > > itetcu was also looking at creating entries by default for ports. I =20 > wrote a program for him to extract PNG images from arbitrary =20 > executables, so something may come from this. I do agree having =20 > additional desktop files for common GNOMEish apps (e.g. Wireshark) =20 > would be nice. Why limiting this to gnomeish apps? Do you expect that GNOME users =20 only use gnomeish apps and KDE users only kdeish ones without having a =20 look at other stuff (TCL/python/perl/SDL/whatever)? For example I =20 don't mind having a desktop file for acroread. >> - optional automatic config of the system (adding rc.conf stuff, =20 >> maybe usermount sysctl stuff, ...) > > This is easy as we can adopt some of the niceties done by PC-BSD =20 > (e.g. default PolicyKit.conf, devfs config, sysctls, etc.). Do you have pointers? Bye, Alexander. --=20 Of course, you UNDERSTAND about the PLAIDS in the SPIN CYCLE -- http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE7 http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild @ FreeBSD.org : PGP ID =3D 72077137