Hi,
I'm sponsoring this case for Halton Huo of the Desktop group.
Since there will be no meeting next week, the timer is set to Feb 17,
2010. The case directory contains the attached proposal.
Jeff
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1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
nautilus-sendto
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Halton Huo
1.3. Date of This Document:
02/04/2010
1.5. Email Aliases:
1.5.1. Responsible Manager: Harry.Lu at Sun.COM
1.5.2. Responsible Engineer: Halton.Huo at Sun.COM
1.5.3. Marketing Manager: Glynn.Foster at Sun.COM
4. Technical Description:
4.1. Details:
As an extension of the Nautilus file manager, nautilus-sendto
provides a context menu for quickly sending files to other
desktop applications. It also provides the option of compressing
the files (tar.bz2, tar.gz, or zip) before sending.
These functions are implemented as plugins, so nautilus-sendto
can be extended with additional features.
So far on OpenSolaris, nautilus-sendto supports following plugins:
- Email
nautilus-sendto launches the programs specified in GConf key
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command to do the actual sending
action. The file is sent as an attachment.
On OpenSolaris, the default mail client is Thunderbird. It also
supports other email clients like Evolution, Balsa, Sylpheed,
Claws and Anjal.
- Instant Messenger (Pidgin)
The "Send as" item only appears when pidgin is running.
The "Send to" drop down list is generated by querying online
buddies through "im.pidgin.purple.PurpleInterface" D-Bus method
calls. nautilus-sendto calls D-Bus method "ServSendFile"
to do the actual sending action.
- Removable devices
nautilus-sendto simply copies the file to the mount point that
user select from the "Send to" drop down list.
It calls GIO/GVFS APIs to get the mount points and to do the
copying action.
The following plugins are not supported:
- CD/DVD Creator
This "Send as" item only appears when brasero is available in $PATH.
nautilus-sendto simply copies the file to the the location burn:///
and launches nautilus with that location.
On Linux, the user could click "Write to Disc" to launch brasero
to do the actual burning action. On OpenSolaris, the brasero process
runs as the root role, so the "Write to Disc" button does not
appear on the launched nautilus window. So this plugin is not
delivered.
- Instant Message (Gajim)
Gajim is not integrated in OpenSolaris, so the Gajim plugin
is not delivered.
Like Pidgin, the Gajim "Send as" item only appears when gajim
is running. The "Send to" drop down list is generated by querying
online buddies through Gajim D-Bus method calls.
nautilus-sendto calls the D-Bus method "send_file" to do the actual
sending action.
- Bluetooth
BlueZ is not integrated in OpenSolaris, so the bluetooth plugin
is not delivered.
The bluetooth "Send as" item only appears when BlueZ daemon is
running and the default adapter is configured.
nautilus-sendto launches the bluetooth-sendto or gnome-obex-send
command to do the actual sending file action.
- Instant Message (Empathy)
Empathy is not integrated in OpenSolaris, so the empathy plugin
is not delivered.
The empathy "Send as" item only appears when is empathy running.
nautilus-sendto calls empathy APIs to do sending file action.
- Upnp
GUPnP is not integrated in OpenSolaris, so the Upnp plugin
is not delivered.
The Upnp "Send as" item only appears when the gupnp-upload
program is available in $PATH.
nautilus-sendto launches gupnp-upload to do the actual sending
file action.
4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s):
6916457
4.3. Interfaces:
Following interfaces will be added:
Exported Interfaces
Interface Classification Comments
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SUNWnautilus-sendto Uncommitted Package name
SUNWnautilus-sendto-root Uncommitted Package name
SUNWnautilus-sendto-devel Uncommitted Package name
/usr/bin/nautilus-sendto Volatile nautilus-sendto
binary
/usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-2.0/libnautilus-sendto.so
Volatile The extension file
for Nautilus
/usr/share/nautilus-sendto Volatile Project private
directory
/usr/lib/nautilus-sendto/plugins Volatile nautilus-sendto
plugins directory
/etc/gconf/schemas/nst.schemas Volatile GConf schema file
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/nautilus-sendto.pc
Uncommitted pkg-config file
/usr/include/nautilus-sendto Volatile header files
directory
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/nautilus-sendto
Volatile gtk-doc files
directory
Imported Interfaces
Interface Classification Comments
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GNOME 2.x Nautilus Volatile LSARC 2001/352
/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/mailto/command
Volatile Email default
client GConf
key
GIO/GVFS Volatile LSARC 2008/207
/usr/bin/brasero Volatile LSARC 2008/548
GNOME Multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin 2.0.0
Volatile LSARC 2007/309
D-Bus & dbus-glib Volatile LSARC 2006/368
GNOME Committed Platform Libraries Committed LSARC 2007/520
4.4. Doc Impact:
Man page for nautilus-sendto(1) is added.
The gtk-doc files for nautilus-sendto are added.
4.5. I18N/L10N Impact:
The JDS team and the G11N team are working together to evaluate and
provide I18N/L10N support.
4.6. Packaging & Delivery:
Adds three new packages:
SUNWnautilus-sendto (base package)
SUNWnautilus-sendto-devel (development package)
SUNWnautilus-sendto-root (configuration package)
IPS schema: gnome/file-manager/nautilus-sendto
4.7. Security Impact:
N/A
4.8. Dependencies:
LSARC 2006/368: D-Bus & dbus-glib
LSARC 2008/207: GNOME 2.22 -- GIO/GVFS
5. Reference Documents:
[1] Related ARC Cases:
LSARC 2001/352: GNOME 2.x Nautilus and Control Center
LSARC 2006/368: D-Bus & dbus-glib
LSARC 2007/309: GNOME Multi-protocol instant messaging client
Pidgin 2.0.0
LSARC 2007/520: GNOME Committed Platform Libraries
LSARC 2008/207: GNOME 2.22
LSARC 2008/548: Brasero 0.8.x
[2] Online document of nautilus-sendto:
http://library.gnome.org/devel/nautilus-sendto/stable/
