[debbugs-tracker] bug#26988: closed (Add desktop-file-utils to all gtk applications)

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> Add desktop-file-utils to all gtk applications
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> Thu, 18 May 2017 23:01:11 +0200
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> Hi,
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> these are two patches I propose we add in order to add desktop-file-utils to 
> all gtk applications.  This means that the profile hook would pick up the 
> desktop files (as soon as possible).
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> One patch moves desktop-file-utils from (gnu packages gnome) to (gnu packages 
> freedesktop).  I suggest we apply this patch to all branches - since they don't 
> change anything in the build.
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> The other patch adds desktop-file-utils as propagated-input to gtk+-2 (and by 
> inheritance to gtk+ 3, too).  That would imply entail all gtk applications.  
> Therefore, it should only go to core-updates.
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> Marius Bakke <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Marius Bakke <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> writes:
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> >>> Hi Marius,
> >>> Hi 宋文武,
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> Hello Marius and Danny,
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> >>> Marius Bakke <address@hidden> wrote:
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> >>>> Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> writes:
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> >>>> > these are two patches I propose we add in order to add
> >>>> > desktop-file-utils to all gtk applications.  This means that the
> >>>> > profile hook would pick up the desktop files (as soon as possible).  
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> >>>> So if I read (guix profiles) correctly, the hook only runs when
> >>>> 'desktop-file-utils' is referenced. Would checking for a gtk reference
> >>>> as well not achieve the same effect? Or is that too expensive?
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> Yes, it will work better.  It's expensive slightly by adding the
> latest version of desktop-file-utils into the profile closure, but
> the 'xdg-mime-database' does that already.
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> >> IIUC, the idea is to run the hook every time a package with a ".desktop"
> >> file has changed. Even if we propagate "desktop-file-utils" from say,
> >> GTK+ and Qt, it won't catch some cases where we add the ".desktop" file
> >> manually such as "rxvt-unicode".
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> Yes, but normally one would have other applications that using GTK+ or
> GLib, which will make the hook run.
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> So I end up with modify the profile hook to test for GLib, it should
> work in most cases.
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> Thanks for the patches!
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