JobViewServer specification proposal

2008-04-01 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi all, I would like to start to work on a specification proposal for Freedesktop that we have named JobViewServer/JobView. The goal of this specification is being able of implementing this idea http://dot.kde.org/1169588301. Regarding this issue there are currently two main applications on

Re: JobViewServer specification proposal

2008-04-01 Thread A. Walton
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Rafael Fernández López [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I would like to start to work on a specification proposal for Freedesktop that we have named JobViewServer/JobView. The goal of this specification is being able of implementing this idea

Re: thumbnail mtime, ctime

2008-04-01 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
You are correct about this. But in my opinion the consequence of this should be another change of the spec. It should be rephrased to say that the empty PNG file should only be created if thumbnail generation failed even though the file was opened successfully. It seems wrong to me to save a

Re: thumbnail mtime, ctime

2008-04-01 Thread Thiago Macieira
Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: You are correct about this. But in my opinion the consequence of this should be another change of the spec. It should be rephrased to say that the empty PNG file should only be created if thumbnail generation failed even though the file was opened successfully.

Re: JobViewServer specification proposal

2008-04-01 Thread Vlad
Hi, --- Rafael Fernández López [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I would like to start to work on a specification proposal for Freedesktop that we have named JobViewServer/JobView. The goal of this specification is being able of implementing this idea http://dot.kde.org/1169588301.

Re: thumbnail mtime, ctime

2008-04-01 Thread Vincent Untz
Le mardi 01 avril 2008, à 23:30 +0200, Thiago Macieira a écrit : Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: You are correct about this. But in my opinion the consequence of this should be another change of the spec. It should be rephrased to say that the empty PNG file should only be created if

Re: JobViewServer specification proposal

2008-04-01 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi, Don't forget KGet ;) I think it would be great if kuiserver can take on all the features of KGet, or alternatively if KGet can be modified so that it uses this new DBus interface you are proposing. In the latter scenario, which might be better given the large amount of work that has

Re: JobViewServer specification proposal

2008-04-01 Thread Rafael Fernández López
Hi, What really needs to happen, IMO, is an expansion of this existing standard and code to allow it to be flexible enough to be used with very long running applications. Not a lot needs to change to make this happen either: to make the notification not expire until we want it to, set the

Science menu revisited

2008-04-01 Thread Jordan Mantha
Hi all, Almost a year ago I sent an email to this list asking about the possibility of moving Science to a main category in the menu spec. At that time I was encouraged to provide a patch for review. I got a little (ok, a lot) preoccupied and in the mean time there has been a lot of