From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 14 19:16:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56D6B106564A; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:16:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from sup.oook.cz (sup.oook.cz [94.23.0.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D98938FC1D; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:16:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.23] (ip-78-102-160-251.net.upcbroadband.cz [78.102.160.251]) (authenticated bits=0) by sup.oook.cz (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6EJFrpT030399; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:15:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) From: Pav Lucistnik To: Jung-uk Kim In-Reply-To: <201107141508.00682.jkim@FreeBSD.org> References: <201107121826.00020.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <4E1F200D.1080002@missouri.edu> <1310666060.23182.1.camel@hood.oook.cz> <201107141508.00682.jkim@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-JL2cdFXlNRzf6+tjcYjP" Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:15:53 +0200 Message-ID: <1310670953.23182.8.camel@hood.oook.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 94.23.0.135 X-Milter: Spamilter (Reciever: sup.oook.cz; Sender-ip: 78.102.160.251; Sender-helo: [192.168.0.23]; ) Cc: Montgomery-Smith , "lioux@FreeBSD.org" , Stephen Montgomery-Smith , "freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org" , Stephen, "demon@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: [RFC] A trivial change for DESKTOP_ENTRIES (take 2) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pav@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:16:02 -0000 --=-JL2cdFXlNRzf6+tjcYjP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jung-uk Kim p=ED=B9e v =E8t 14. 07. 2011 v 15:07 -0400: > > > entry. I assume that the filename of the desktop entry is > > > unimportant, > > > > The filename of desktop entry should be 100% inconsequential, and > > our only care should be not have two ports installing same file. >=20 > I believe the original intention was to use executable name to make=20 > desktop file, i.e., ${PREFIX}/bin/foo -> ${DESKTOPDIR}/foo.desktop. =20 Yes, and then came ports that needed to install several icons for same executable, with different arguments. That was the reason for the change. > > > and is used only internally by Gnome or whatever. > > > > Sounds like a bug to me. >=20 > Why do you think there is a bug? Basically, desktop files are=20 > meta-data for OSes which cannot handle extended attributes within a=20 No, .desktop files are just gnomeish equivalent of windows .pif files. If they are used for something more significant, that's poor design by my standards. That's why I wanted to get an opinion from gnome team before taking any steps on this issue. > file (e.g., resource fork of Mac), if I understand it correctly. I=20 > don't see anything wrong with GNOME referencing its window manager by=20 > desktop file name rather than by executable name with obscure=20 > options. If that .desktop file was that critical for GNOME functionality, then why it is not installed by vendor Makefiles and have to be hacked in in the port?? > DESKTOP_ENTRIES are for *basic* stuff and bsd.port.mk clearly says=20 > complex desktop files cannot use it: Yes but I see no need to abandon DESKTOP_ENTRIES for a simple port like links.. --=20 --=20 Pav Lucistnik "Ragtime" contained about forty-five seconds of Elizabeth McGovern completely topless, but it got a "PG" in 1980. I have no idea why that did, or "Titanic" got PG-13, yet "Merchant of Venice" gets tagged with an "R". The MPAA is an intellectual and aesthetic embarassment. -- comment from IMDb board on US movie rating system --=-JL2cdFXlNRzf6+tjcYjP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk4fQGgACgkQntdYP8FOsoI8RACglAYXuF/G1tampLFsjTLnuDwo FjMAoLek1O0snpx4znydPikfZooF5+zg =6zgM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-JL2cdFXlNRzf6+tjcYjP--