GNU bug report logs - #29521
[PATCH] gnu: gnome-default-applications: Change defaults.list to gnome-mimeapps.list.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Brendan Tildesley <brendan.tildesley <at> openmailbox.org>

Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 16:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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’.
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