Re: The place of mimeinfo.cache in freedesktop specs

On 24 April 2017 at 14:59, Maxwell Anselm wrote: > > If the standard is being followed, mimeapps.list is what xdg-open should be > reading from xdg-open delegates by default to desktop-specific helpers such as gvfs-open, kde-open, (Mac OS X) open etc. It has a generic fallback to using xdg-mime,

Patches for xdg-utils

Dear xdg-utils maintainers, I have a slew of patches, of my own and from Debian/Ubuntu, which I'd like to help get into xdg-utils while they're still fresh in my mind. Are any maintainers currently active and willing to help? I've opened bugs 98496, 98497, 98498, 98509 and 98519 to address these

Re: xdg-utils does not implement the standard for default applications

On 4 October 2016 at 21:05, Maxwell Anselm wrote: > > For a specific example of what I'm talking about with XML, I package an > RPG utility for Arch Linux called gcs. gcs mainly uses XML files for its > data, for example *.spl files are XML files with a spell_list root element > that store magic

Re: xdg-utils does not implement the standard for default applications

On 4 October 2016 at 20:34, Maxwell Anselm wrote: > On 3 October 2016 at 21:09, Maxwell Anselm >> wrote: >> I'm unclear whether you think that /usr/bin/file *should* not be used by >> xdg-mime (in which case, fair enough, I guess), or simply that it currently >> provides the wrong types or mis-i

Re: xdg-utils does not implement the standard for default applications

On 3 October 2016 at 21:09, Maxwell Anselm wrote: > > I am willing to help develop these changes, but only if it is clear that > such contributions would actually be welcome and accepted. > ​This would be great to see. ​As an occasional xdg-utils contributor and sometime /usr/bin/file maintaine

Re: [Patch] xdg-screensaver Cinnamon Support

On 15 February 2016 at 21:53, Eric Slenk wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a new contributor. I am trying to improve xdg-screensaver support for > Cinnamon, and have uploaded a patch to a relevant bug, #92966. See: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92966 > > Would somebody please review this?

Re: xdg & screensavers

On 3 November 2015 at 22:53, Norman Goldstein wrote: It seems, then, that XDG is able to suspend the gnome screen saver/locker, > but gnome does not expose this ability in gnome's public interface. I > should be knocking on gnome's door, ... sound right? ​An alternative is to use Caffeine, whi

Re: freedesktop.org get off the air

I realise I probably should have taken the threat of physical violence more seriously; hope I didn't come across as flippant. On 2 October 2015 at 22:35, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Fri, 2015-10-02 at 23:25 +0200, noi...@a6.25u.com wrote: > > On 10/02/15 21:59, Reuben Thomas w

Re: freedesktop.org get off the air

If it's systemd you have a beef with, you're on the wrong list. Try one of the lists listed at: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ On 2 October 2015 at 22:25, wrote: > On 10/02/15 21:59, Reuben Thomas wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> as a user who became i

Re: freedesktop.org get off the air

Hi, as a user who became irritated with some aspects of some freedesktop.org code, I got involved and was able to fix some of those irritations. Non-specific criticism is irrational: it won't help you, and it will only annoy or demoralize contributors. If you've not already tried, how about some

Re: Managing dependencies

On 16 January 2015 at 22:57, Jerome Leclanche wrote: > > Your email is very confusing; did you forget to send a part of it? > ​No. Apologies for the confusion. What was confusing?​ > Users won't care about any difference, and honestly no matter which > language they're written in they are unl

Re: Managing dependencies

On 16 January 2015 at 22:44, Jerome Leclanche wrote: > xdg-utils does not depend on perl; all the tools are in shell. You > should talk to your distro. > ​If you read back to the beginning of my thread, you'll see my suggestion to use Perl. Indeed, currently xdg-utils does not.​

Re: Managing dependencies

On 16 January 2015 at 21:11, Steven Stewart-Gallus < sstewartgallu...@mylangara.bc.ca> wrote: > Hello. > > I'm just some random guy but anyways. > ​Thanks for commenting!​ > As a user and administrator, I dislike excess dependencies on my > system such as Perl but can always just remove the xdg

Managing dependencies

The question of dependencies came up recently in a bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26085 ​Like any project that aims to be portable, xdg-utils needs to be careful about the dependencies it assumes. However, this should be balanced against both the ability to implement functional

Re: Accessing freedesktop.org via HTTPS

On 12 January 2015 at 08:49, Sanel Zukan wrote: > Devon Stewart writes: > > Hello all! > > > > I just experienced something strange. I use > https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere ; > By default, freedesktop.org is not listed as a site that should have > reque

Help offered

Hi, back in January I offered some help: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73906 I've finally found time to deliver on that offer. I'm starting by going through some bugs and commenting/adding patches/taking other actions that seem appropriate. In particular, it'd be nice to get 1.1.