---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:08:40 +0100 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Unity-dev] How to keep launcher when desktop file is > temporarily removed? > > Il giorno gio, 07/02/2013 alle 19.38 -0500, Xiao-Long Chen ha scritto: > > Hi Unity developers, > > > > I'm the current packager for Unity-for-Arch project in Arch Linux. > > Cool! > > > On Arch, an upgrade operation is like this: > > > > * Remove old /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop > > * Install new /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop > > > > This explains why the launchers were disappearing. How can I patch Unity > > to deal > > with this situation? > > > > I wrote a (quite ugly) patch: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1622682/ > > > > The patch will wait for the package manager to exit before doing > > anything, but > > that hangs the launcher until the upgrade process is finished. Does the > > wait_for_pacman() call belong someone else? Or should I approach this > > differently? > > > > Well, I wonder that just adding a simple timeout before unsticking the > icon would fix this issue for you... > > Basically just doing http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/1622934/ should be > enough. I also think that this change fits upstream too, so feel free to > merge-propose it on launchpad. ;) >
Thanks a lot for the patch! It works great! The new desktop file is usually installed within the timeout period, so no more disappearing launchers :) I've created a bug report for this and proposed a merge: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1119801 Cheers, Xiao-Long Chen (Sorry about the second email. I forgot to CC the mailing list in the first one :P) -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
