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[PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change defaults.list to gnome-mimeapps.list.

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From: Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change defaults.list to
 gnome-mimeapps.list.
Date: Fri,  1 Dec 2017 14:14:06 +1100

* gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-default-applications)

[arguments]: Change deprecated defaults.list filename to gnome-mimeapps.list.
The old defaults.list was changed to mimeapps.list in the mime spec. The
gnome- prefix makes the file only be read when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME.
---
 gnu/packages/gnome.scm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 9a46495f1..b02e2a567 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -5879,7 +5879,7 @@ software that do not provide their own configuration interface.")
          (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
                 (apps (string-append out "/share/applications")))
            (mkdir-p apps)
-           (call-with-output-file (string-append apps "/defaults.list")
+           (call-with-output-file (string-append apps "/gnome-mimeapps.list")
              (lambda (port)
                (format port "[Default Applications]\n")
                (format port "inode/directory=org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop\n")))
-- 
2.15.0

Message #8 received at 29521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org>
Cc: 29521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29521] [PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change
 defaults.list to gnome-mimeapps.list.
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2017 13:33:15 +0100

Hi Brendan,

Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-default-applications)
>
> [arguments]: Change deprecated defaults.list filename to gnome-mimeapps.list.
> The old defaults.list was changed to mimeapps.list in the mime spec. The
> gnome- prefix makes the file only be read when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME.

So is ‘defaults.list’ currently ignored?  Or will it be ignored in the
future?

Also, what if XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP is unset, as is probably the case
currently?

Anyway, thanks for looking into it!

Ludo’.

Message #11 received at 29521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org>
Cc: 29521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29521] [PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change
 defaults.list to gnome-mimeapps.list.
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2017 10:02:46 +0100

Hello,

ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-default-applications)
>>
>> [arguments]: Change deprecated defaults.list filename to gnome-mimeapps.list.
>> The old defaults.list was changed to mimeapps.list in the mime spec. The
>> gnome- prefix makes the file only be read when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME.
>
> So is ‘defaults.list’ currently ignored?  Or will it be ignored in the
> future?
>
> Also, what if XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP is unset, as is probably the case
> currently?

Ping!  :-)

Ludo’.

Message #14 received at 29521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brendan Tildesley <mail <at> brendan.scot>
To: 29521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change defaults.list to
 gnome-mimeapps.list.
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:12:19 +1100

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I apologise for not following up with my bug reports. Here is the latest 
spec and a thread from 2014 that explains defaults.list appears to be 
long since unused, that debian uses it only for historical reasons that 
are perhaps a decade old.

It was mentioned in this 6 year old thread that GNOME was using 
defaults.list. Is there any reason to think that it does now and that we 
shouldn't just set it to mimeapps.list? I haven't gone into GNOME 
sources to figure out what it ultimately does.

-- https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/latest/ar01s02.html

As you can see, there is no defaults.list specified at all.

-- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2014-February/013183.html


As for should XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP, having a brief look at the spec, this 
is merely a way to make desktop items appear in or not appear in the 
menus of a certain desktop environment. In a .desktop file you can have 
smoething like |OnlyShowIn|=GNOME or |NotShowIn=XFCE. If the respective 
desktop environment you are using follows the standard it will check 
these to decide if it should show or hide the entry. I believe it is 
unrelated to the defaults.list vs mimeapps.list problem.|

||-- 
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html

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Message #19 received at 29521-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org>,
 29521-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#29521] [PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change
 defaults.list to gnome-mimeapps.list.
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:56:04 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org> writes:

> * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (gnome-default-applications)
>
> [arguments]: Change deprecated defaults.list filename to gnome-mimeapps.list.
> The old defaults.list was changed to mimeapps.list in the mime spec. The
> gnome- prefix makes the file only be read when XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME.

Applied, thanks!

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