On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 10:07 -0700, Rick L. Vinyard, Jr. wrote: > So, in essence, what it comes down to is that PackageKit can't handle > the extra load of (potentially) one icon filename per package, no > matter where they come from or where the metadata resides? No, PackageKit can do it just fine (I did this in early prototypes of the GUI tools). > That's a shame, because like I said before I think the icons > significantly improve the user experience. I agree too. The method you explain about caching all the icons in the desktop files is tricky. Ubuntu do exactly this, and it causes the following problems: * The data is stale and out of data every time a new package is added / changed * you have to build every srpm in the archive, unpack the built rpm(s), search for desktop files and icon names * you have to use funny metrics to find the "right" icon -- many packages have many desktop binaries shipped. So it's a difficult problem to fix. Certainly, if somebody put the work into pkgdb or something to get this mapping, I would add support for it in PackageKit gui tools in a heartbeat. Richard. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
