On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Colin Walters <walters@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > For GNOME 3 to more reliably do application tracking, we will be > associating through startup-notification. Some background here: > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2010-February/011321.html > > However for startup notification to work, for compatibility reasons, > the upstream .desktop file must have StartupNotify=true. It's come to > my attention that a lot of .desktop files are missing this, even > though they use GTK+. I've written a quick script which heuristically > examines installed apps (attached); if someone writes the script which > checks the whole repository, that'd be cool. > > If you maintain a desktop app, please check for StartupNotify=true, > and if your app uses GTK+ or Qt, then please submit a patch *upstream* > to add it, and at your option apply that patch in Fedora. > > Here's sample output from the script on my workstation, which shows a > vast swath of system-config-* missing it; others of these are false > positives since they're not user-visible apps. Upstream just accepted the patch for Meiga : http://git.igalia.com/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=meiga.git;a=commitdiff;h=5359f57e2b7d269d860cc4af55b39e07c3b08b5f > > [walters@megatron gtk+ (master)]$ ~/bin/verify-startupnotify.py > '/usr/share/applications/system-config-date.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/nm-pptp.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/emacs.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/nm-openvpn.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/system-config-boot.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-userinfo.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/livna-config-display.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-authconfig.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/mount-archive.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/fedora-liveusb-creator.desktop' probably > needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/virt-manager.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/mutter.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/palimpsest.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-userpasswd.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/gnome-shell.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/spring-installer.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-system-control-network.desktop' > probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/fedora-empathy.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/ca-installer.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/jpackage-logfactor5.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-email.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/paperbox.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/fedora-vagalume.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/javaws.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-web.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/my-default-printer.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/system-config-users.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/transmission.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/springlobby.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-system-config-network.desktop' > probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/metacity.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/qt4-qtconfig.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/gnome-glade-2.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/spring.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/compiz-gtk.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/jpackage-chainsaw.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/mozilla-thunderbird.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/alacarte.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/nm-vpnc.desktop' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/redhat-usermount.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/defaults.list' probably needs StartupNotify=true > '/usr/share/applications/manage-print-jobs.desktop' probably needs > StartupNotify=true > [walters@megatron gtk+ (master)]$ > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Cheers, Rajeesh http://rajeeshknambiar.wordpress.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
