'Twas brillig, and Jason Taylor at 08/01/10 02:08 did gyre and gimble: > 2010/1/8 Micha? Sawicz <michal at sawicz.net>: >> Dnia 2010-01-08, pi? o godzinie 14:44 +1300, Jason Taylor pisze: >>> I also know apps should set this per stream.. but most do not, yet! >> >> The whole idea of roles is that the app needs to set this, no point in >> remembering it. > > But that's my point... most apps 90% don't set it > > And then theres the whole what should ff or chrome be... video or > music or some thing else > > If pa would remember it it could be easily setable or detected via > desktop files and saved.... I'd personally rather not do this. If anything there should be a static list/database of apps and their role. This list could be exposed via the web for user input (e.g. like the PCI/USB ids lists) and shipped with releases. We already have module-augment-properties which guesses a role based on the application's .desktop file which does an OK job. We would basically extend this module with the database. I think another "remembered" thing would only lead to confusion as we'd also have to create a UI for setting the role, and then you raise the complex question of whether you allow users to override a role that the application *has* set itself.... So, no, IMO remembering is bad, but augmenting/helping the application set it's role is good. My ?0.02. Col -- Colin Guthrie gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie http://colin.guthr.ie/ Day Job: Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] Open Source: Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/]
