Richard Hughes wrote: > On 1/28/09, Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. <rvinyard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Jesse Keating wrote: >>> On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 14:24 -0700, Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. wrote: >>>> Bill Nottingham wrote: >>>> > Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. (rvinyard@xxxxxxxxxxx) said: >>>> >> Ahhh... I see that now, and they're already there. >>>> >> >>>> >> It's a shame that's the only mechanism for adding icons. I'd like >>>> to >>>> see >>>> >> something other than cardboard boxes when looking for devel >>>> packages. >>>> > >>>> > The problem is you'd either need to: >>>> > >>>> > - include icons in the metadata (which gets very large, very fast) >>>> > - create a package that consists of all the icons that may be in >>>> > the distro (which gets very messy to maintain, very fast) >>>> > >>>> > Neither of these are particularly good solutions. >>>> > >>>> >>>> I agree that neither of those are good solutions, but there is another >>>> option. >>>> >>>> Currently, the icons reside in each package and the desktop entry file >>>> (also in the individual packages) is used to associate the package >>>> with >>>> the icon. >>>> >>>> Why couldn't devel packages (and others without desktop entry files) >>>> follow a similar approach containing the icon and association? >>> >>> I think the problem then is you don't see the icon for the package >>> until >>> you've installed the package. >> >> But, aren't they currently harvesting them from the packages and desktop >> entries? > > Yes, as soon as you install the package, PackageKit parses the desktop > file and adds the icon file to a local database. That clarifies alot. I thought they were being harvested from the repository? > >> Or, does pkg-application only show the icons for the packages I >> currently >> have installed? > > Yup. The only way this could work for not-installed files would be for > the application icons to be put on the mirrors, and for PackageKit to > generate a per-user cache of icons in the session. > What about using the same technique to harvest them from the repository and build an rpm? -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
