Bug#833268: closed by Holger Wansing (task-lxde-desktop: LXDE desktop does not include a web browser)
On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 09:37:28PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: Ah wait, the bug title says it all: "LXDE desktop does not include a web browser." So I understood it all correctly? The problem in the title is indeed fixed. That's not an accurate summary of the problem. If I were to try and summarize it as succinctly as possible, it would be "LXDE desktop include an icon to launch a graphical web browser, but does not depend upon one." And that's still the situation since the virtual package www-browser ≠ a graphical one, since it can be satisfied by w3m or links and others. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄
Bug#833268: closed by Holger Wansing (task-lxde-desktop: LXDE desktop does not include a web browser)
On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 09:06:39PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: Sorry, but you mix-up several problems into one bugreport, which are all completely unrelated to the tasksel package. There is nothing that can be done against all this in tasksel. So there need to be other packages to be found, to file this against. I agree, src:tasksel is not where this should be filed or fixed. Whichever LXDE package ships the actual shortcut icon to launch x-www-browser would be the culprit package. I'm no more an LXDE packaging expert now than I was when I filed this, two years ago, but I will make another effort to find a more appropriate package and reassign. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Jonathan Dowland ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://jmtd.net ⠈⠳⣄
Bug#833268: closed by Holger Wansing (task-lxde-desktop: LXDE desktop does not include a web browser)
Hi, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > reopen 833268 > > found 833268 3.39 > > thanks > > > > Hi Holger, > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 07:03:09PM +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > >Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > >> The resulting desktop does not have a graphical web browser installed. > > >> www-browser is being provided by w3m. Clicking on the web browser in > > >> LXDE results in a pop-up > > >> > > >> "invalid desktop entry file: > > >> '/usr/share/applications/lxde-x-www-browser.desktop' > > > > > >This has been fixed in the meantime, lxde now recommends > > >firefox-esr | firefox | www-browser, and recommends are installed by > > >default. > > > > > >So closing this bug. > > > > Thanks for taking a look at this but you have misunderstood the bug > > report. > > Maybe I tried to understand it as a bug against tasksel? Ah wait, the bug title says it all: "LXDE desktop does not include a web browser." So I understood it all correctly? The problem in the title is indeed fixed. Holger -- Holger Wansing PGP-Finterprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
Bug#833268: closed by Holger Wansing (task-lxde-desktop: LXDE desktop does not include a web browser)
Hi, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > reopen 833268 > found 833268 3.39 > thanks > > Hi Holger, > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 07:03:09PM +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > >Jonathan Dowland wrote: > >> The resulting desktop does not have a graphical web browser installed. > >> www-browser is being provided by w3m. Clicking on the web browser in > >> LXDE results in a pop-up > >> > >>"invalid desktop entry file: > >> '/usr/share/applications/lxde-x-www-browser.desktop' > > > >This has been fixed in the meantime, lxde now recommends > >firefox-esr | firefox | www-browser, and recommends are installed by default. > > > >So closing this bug. > > Thanks for taking a look at this but you have misunderstood the bug > report. Maybe I tried to understand it as a bug against tasksel? > www-browser was satisfied at the time, by w3m, which does not > provide x-www-browser (and there's no assertion anywhere that Provides: > www-browser means ships an alternative for x-www-browser) > > The problem is there doesn't seem to be something like "x-www-browser" > virtual package name corresponding to the alternatives name. Chromium, > firefox, firefox-esr and epiphany provide "gnome-www-browser" which is > close, but obviously excludes (e.g.) konqueror, which merely provides > "info-browser, man-browser, www-browser". > > The proper fix here, distribution wide, is to rationalise the virtual > package names for GUI browser packages. (A starting point might be to > post about the issue to -desktop, and I might do that.) > > But for LXDE, the issue would also not occur if taskbar icons > configured to point at not-existent .desktop URIs were not drawn or > de-configured on session start-up. Sorry, but you mix-up several problems into one bugreport, which are all completely unrelated to the tasksel package. There is nothing that can be done against all this in tasksel. So there need to be other packages to be found, to file this against. Holger -- Holger Wansing PGP-Finterprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076
Bug#833268: closed by Holger Wansing (task-lxde-desktop: LXDE desktop does not include a web browser)
reopen 833268 found 833268 3.39 thanks Hi Holger, On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 07:03:09PM +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: Jonathan Dowland wrote: The resulting desktop does not have a graphical web browser installed. www-browser is being provided by w3m. Clicking on the web browser in LXDE results in a pop-up "invalid desktop entry file: '/usr/share/applications/lxde-x-www-browser.desktop' This has been fixed in the meantime, lxde now recommends firefox-esr | firefox | www-browser, and recommends are installed by default. So closing this bug. Thanks for taking a look at this but you have misunderstood the bug report. www-browser was satisfied at the time, by w3m, which does not provide x-www-browser (and there's no assertion anywhere that Provides: www-browser means ships an alternative for x-www-browser) The problem is there doesn't seem to be something like "x-www-browser" virtual package name corresponding to the alternatives name. Chromium, firefox, firefox-esr and epiphany provide "gnome-www-browser" which is close, but obviously excludes (e.g.) konqueror, which merely provides "info-browser, man-browser, www-browser". The proper fix here, distribution wide, is to rationalise the virtual package names for GUI browser packages. (A starting point might be to post about the issue to -desktop, and I might do that.) But for LXDE, the issue would also not occur if taskbar icons configured to point at not-existent .desktop URIs were not drawn or de-configured on session start-up. -- Jonathan Dowland
