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Replace wrapper scripts with search path value files in search-paths.d

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From: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 75688 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>, Vivien Kraus <vivien <at> planete-kraus.eu>, Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#75688] Replace wrapper scripts with search path value files in search-paths.d
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:27:59 +0800

宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net> writes:

> Hello, I write a draft GCD as "Set search paths without program wrappers",
> need feedbacks and corrections.

Add drawbacks to GCD below.

> # Drawbacks or Open Questions

If implemented, we would likely carry several custom patches for GLib,
Qt, Python, etc. forever, and programs could fail in some subtle ways.

> This propose focus to solve problems caused by program wrappers in desktop
> environments, namely GNOME and KDE, individual `wrap-progam` usages are not
> addressed.  We plan to handle that in build systems later, for examples:
> [...]

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