Bug#497779: mime-support: should use information in /usr/share/applications
Josselin Mouette j...@debian.org writes: I’m tired of receiving bug reports asking to add a debian/mime file to support an outdated MIME system that no application I know besides mutt still uses. There is also Gnus. ;-) All the information you need to generate mailcap entries for all GNOME/KDE/XFCE applications is in /usr/share/applications, and is specified at: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html With the MimeType, Exec, TryExec and Terminal fields, you have all the information you need to write a mailcap file. update-mime should use this information directly instead of requiring packages to duplicate it, increasing the maintainers’ load for no good reason. gvfs-open (from gvfs-bin, not required to pull all gvfs package to work) could be a solution to the mentioned problem (but not a solution for this bug since there is no way to get a mailcap from it). gvfs-bin could provide a mailcap entry like this: application/*; gvfs-open '%s'; test=test -n $DISPLAY Or the entire mailcap could just contain a wildcard entry: */*; gvfs-open '%s'; test=test -n $DISPLAY But I think many will disapprove because mailcaps are more expressive (but /etc/mailcap.order is a pain, I prefer to use xdg-mime to set my preferred application). One problem is that gvfs-open will exit without waiting for the application to terminate. Usually, the invoking program will delete the provided file. The launched application may not even have the time to read the file. Adding a sleep is not a solution because some applications will detect that the file has disappeared and will close themselves (like evince). I have submitted a patch to allow gvfs-open to wait for the invoked program to terminate. This is bug #677430 in BTS. I have also submitted it upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652262 -- die_if_kernel(Whee... Hello Mr. Penguin, current-tss.kregs); 2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#497779: mime-support: should use information in /usr/share/applications
severity 497779 important thanks On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Brian White wrote: I’m tired of receiving bug reports asking to add a debian/mime file to support an outdated MIME system that no application I know besides mutt still uses. Thank you for your polite and informative email. I'll get to it soon. It looks like this never happened. And we recently had a discussion about this in debian-devel. It would be nice to see this implemented for the benefit of everybody. You recently uploaded a version with a trigger on /usr/share/mime/packages/, now you should add a second trigger on /usr/share/applications and scan this directory looking for .desktop files with MimeType=foo lines. See some explanations by Russ Alberry: http://lists.debian.org/87k446oqzh@windlord.stanford.edu Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#497779: mime-support: should use information in /usr/share/applications
I’m tired of receiving bug reports asking to add a debian/mime file to support an outdated MIME system that no application I know besides mutt still uses. Thank you for your polite and informative email. I'll get to it soon. -- Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#497779: mime-support: should use information in /usr/share/applications
Package: mime-support Version: 3.44-1 I’m tired of receiving bug reports asking to add a debian/mime file to support an outdated MIME system that no application I know besides mutt still uses. All the information you need to generate mailcap entries for all GNOME/KDE/XFCE applications is in /usr/share/applications, and is specified at: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html With the MimeType, Exec, TryExec and Terminal fields, you have all the information you need to write a mailcap file. update-mime should use this information directly instead of requiring packages to duplicate it, increasing the maintainers’ load for no good reason. Cheers, -- .''`. : :' : We are debian.org. Lower your prices, surrender your code. `. `' We will add your hardware and software distinctiveness to `-our own. Resistance is futile. signature.asc Description: Ceci est une partie de message numériquement signée
