Thanks for looking into that. Very nice. By the way, I have a good working relationship with Dan Dennedy (creator of MLT). I don't think getting the python-mlt patches approved should be that big of a deal, assuming they make sense to him. When we are ready to send the patches to MLT, let me know and I can contact Dan and let him know what's coming. =)
Thanks, -Jonathan On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:24 PM, TJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've found that the various instructions I gave previously from a > multitude of half-baked forum/blog/wiki posts were all inaccurate or > incomplete. > > This is the definitive How-To for adding a program to Ubuntu's > "Add/Remove Applications" tool manually. > > ** The application will only show when its package is installed ** > > The tool is properly called "gnome-app-install" and is in the package > "gnome-app-install". > > It maintains a *separate* database of XDG .desktop files and icons at: > > /usr/share/app-install/desktop/ > /usr/share/app-install/icons/ > > The files installed in these directories are shipped in the Ubuntu > package "app-install-data". > > It maintains a cache of the applications which is generated using > "update-app-install". > > The source package's "xdg/openshot.desktop" looks like this: > ----- > [Desktop Entry] > Version=1.0 > Encoding=UTF-8 > Type=Application > Terminal=true > Exec=openshot %F > Categories=GNOME;Application;AudioVideo > Name=OpenShot Video Editor > Comment=Create and Edit Videos > Icon=openshot.png > Name[en]=OpenShot Video Editor > Comment[en]=Create and Edit Videos > Icon[en]=openshot.png > MimeType=application/vnd.openshot-project > X-AppInstall-Package=openshot > X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=OpenShot > ----- > > The "debian/openshot.install" file, which instructs "dh_install" on > where to put files in the package, is used to install the ".desktop" and > icon files to gnome-app-install's directories as well as the XDG > directories: > ----- > xdg/openshot.desktop usr/share/applications > xdg/openshot.desktop usr/share/app-install/desktop > xdg/openshot.png /usr/share/pixmaps > xdg/openshot.png /usr/share/app-install/icons > ----- > > The "debian/openshot.postinst" script that runs on the user's system > after files have been installed, calls the "gnome-app-install" database > updater: > ----- > #!/bin/sh > set -e > # update the Add/Remove... list from the openshot.desktop file > if [ "$1" = "configure" ] && [ -x "`which update-app-install > 2>/dev/null`" ]; then > update-app-install > fi > ----- > The "debian/openshot.postrm" script that runs when the user's system has > removed the package's files > (/usr/share/app-install/desktop/openshot.desktop will now have been > deleted), calls the "gnome-app-install" database updater so OpenShot > will no longer appear in the list: > ----- > #!/bin/sh > set -e > # update the Add/Remove... list > if [ -x "`which update-app-install 2>/dev/null`" ]; then > update-app-install > fi > ----- > > I've attached a screenshot "Add/Remove Applications" showing OpenShot. > > The thing to understand about this is that OpenShot *will not* appear in > Add/Remove Applications unless it is already installed on the user's > system. > > For OpenShot to appear in the list when not installed Ubuntu would need > to add it to the "app-install-data" package. For that to happen OpenShot > would need to be accepted into the Ubuntu archive - probably "universe" > or "multiverse". > > For that to happen all OpenShot's dependencies would need to be in the > Ubuntu archives already. > > That implies that the dependency versions we have packaged separately > would all need to be in the Ubuntu archives. Additionally, we'd need the > MLT package maintainer to accept my 'python-mlt' patches so the archives > carried "python-mlt". > > I think this should be the aim for Karmic+1, Ubuntu 10.04. > > Once I've got the Debian/Ubuntu packaging stable the next step will be > to contact the maintainers of the dependency package in the Debian and > Ubuntu projects to ensure they are closer to the latest upstream > versions and accept any patches we've created. > > With that in hand we can find sponsors in both projects to get OpenShot > accepted. The ideal is to get it accepted in Debian since then Ubuntu > will sync it automatically from the Debian archive. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenshot.developers> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~openshot.developers<https://launchpad.net/%7Eopenshot.developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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