Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:49 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>, Michael Johnson <ahze@freebsd.org>, Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> Subject: Re: Helping to put FreeBSD GNOME onto more desktops Message-ID: <20080610120249.19093km5gji8viw4@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <484DC7C6.10007@freebsd.org> References: <1212956773.92272.20.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <b2203fed0806081935s59b2cd8t5865f20e8ee6d3f4@mail.gmail.com> <20080609121047.467267lugai59y0w@webmail.leidinger.net> <484DC7C6.10007@freebsd.org>
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Quoting Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> (from Mon, 09 Jun 2008 =20 20:16:06 -0400): > Alexander Leidinger wrote: >> Quoting Michael Johnson <ahze@freebsd.org> (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
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