On Saturday 19 April 2014 12:30:01 Jos Poortvliet wrote: > On Thursday 17 April 2014 23:59:48 Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > El Dijous, 17 d'abril de 2014, a les 20:17:38, David Faure va escriure: > > > I represented KDE again this year at the freedesktop summit in > > > Nuremberg. > > > Please find our report below. > > > > Awesome work as always David, let us know how we can help :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Albert > > David, should I put this on the dot?
Also: no pictures? ;-) > > > " > > > From March 31 to April 4, Free Software desktop hackers from many of > > > the > > > largest desktops (including GNOME, KDE, Unity and LXDE-Qt) met to > > > collaborate on specifications and tools to improve application > > > interoperability between the desktops. Clarified standards are > > > expected > > > not only to improve the experience when running applications designed > > > for one desktop inside of another, but also to provide a clearer > > > picture > > > of what is required from 3rd party application developers approaching > > > the Free Software desktop for the first time. > > > > > > This was the second time the annual event occurred. Both times, it was > > > sponsored and hosted by SUSE at their offices in Nuremberg. > > > > > > The meeting accomplished a standardisation of the XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP > > > environment variable for allowing applications to know in which desktop > > > environment they are running. The meeting also produced the first > > > formal specification of how applications should be associated with > > > given > > > mime types and URI schemes, including how to select the default > > > application in a way appropriate to the current desktop environment, > > > respecting the choices of the OS vendor and the local system > > > administrator as well as the user. > > > > > > Small progress was made on a simple common inhibit specification that > > > applications can use to prevent events such as locking of the screen or > > > powering down of the network interfaces, but with improvements on > > > fine-grained power control capabilities on forthcoming hardware > > > devices, > > > additional research (and perhaps time) is required before a complete > > > specification can be produced. > > > > > > The meeting also produced an agreement on the future of startup > > > notification in the Wayland world. A protocol based on broadcast of > > > D-Bus signals will be used instead of the current approach with X > > > client > > > messages. This approach is expected to integrate nicely with future > > > frameworks for sandboxed applications. Improvements were also made to > > > the protocol to allow for tab-based applications that make dynamic > > > choices about creating a new tab or a new window depending on the > > > workspace in which a document was opened. > > > > > > The introduction of the long-awaited Implements= key in desktop files > > > was also finalised. This is used to express support of a given > > > interface by an application. Among other things, this is expected to > > > be > > > used to advertise supporters of the provider side in a future "portals" > > > system for exchanging data between sandboxed applications. > > > > > > Also discussed was the possibility of defining a "resource base" for > > > desktop files so that application resources such as icons can be > > > accessed without being merged into the 'hicolor' icon theme. The lack > > > of > > > certainty over how future sandboxing approaches would deal with this > > > situation prevented any progress on this point. > > > > > > Time was taken to perform significant cleanups of the xdg > > > specifications (and their build system) and to deal with bug backlog on > > > some freedesktop components such as the the shared-mime-info database. > > > > > > The meeting was also used to discuss details of the API of the > > > forthcoming memfd interface in the kernel that will be used to support > > > efficient sending of very large kdbus messages. kdbus and GVariant > > > were > > > also discussed, as were the desktop file index and systemd support for > > > time-based activation of applications that want to exit when idle (such > > > as alarm clocks). The possibility of standardising the new > > > notification > > > interface based on D-Bus activatable applications was also briefly > > > discussed. > > > > > > After the meeting, work continues on publishing updated specifications > > > and writing implementations. The meeting is expected to happen again, > > > in 2015. > > > " > > > > > > (Written by Ryan Lortie, from glib/gnome, reviewed by all participants)
