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| == Emmet Hikory == | |
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| === Opinions === | = Overview = |
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| ==== .desktop files ==== | ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"><<TableOfContents>>|| |
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| It is important for all packages that are intended for GUI launch to contain .desktop files. These currently serve two purposes, firstly they are required for the target applications to be displayed in the menus, and secondly, both adept-installer and gnome-app-install depend on the presence of .desktop files to determine whether an application is a target for installation. | Launchpad: [[https://launchpad.net/people/persia|persia]] |
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| ["DCT/DesktopFiles"] provides an opposing view. While I agree with many of their points, especially with regard to translation, I feel that Ubuntu does not benefit from interesting applications being hidden from adept-installer or gnome-app-install. | == Current Activities == |
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| The effort to install .desktop files for all of Universe if being tracked as ["MOTU/Packages/NoDesktopFile"], to which everyone may contribute. | After several years of experimentation with non-distro models for linux systems, I find an increasing set of reasons to end up using Ubuntu in various contexts where other solutions may be too inflexible, too immature, or otherwise unsuitable, and so am starting to have an increased desire to fix problems where I encounter them. |
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| Many .desktop files do not match current specifications (mine included :)). ["UniverseDesktopFileAbsolutePath"] describes some of the common problems and their fixes, and notes that all created or modified .desktop files should be checked with desktop-file-validate (from desktop-file-utils) prior to submission. | == Past Activities == |
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| When packaging, please be sure to install the .desktop files to /usr/share/applications or a subdirectory, and call dh_desktop in the binary-indep or binary-arch rules. Where possible, provide both a .png icon, and a 32x32 .xpm icon, with a basename matching the binary package name. In only very rare cases should more than one .desktop file be included in a single binary package, as this may confuse the installers. | I used to participate in the Debian Games, Ubuntu Studio Developers, Ubuntu Japanese Team, Ubuntu Mobile Developers, Ubuntu Java, and Ubuntu Universe Sponsors teams. I was a member of the Asia & Ociania Regional Membership Board, the Developer Membership Board, and the Community Council, and spent most of my time encouraging new developers, helping new specialist teams, and encouraging cooperation and communication between different groups and teams within Ubuntu. |
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| ==== config.{sub,guess} ==== | A summary of some of my [[EmmetHikory/Activities|per-release activities]] is also available. |
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| The ideal way to refresh config.{sub,guess} for each build is to either use CDBS, or the following debian/rules fragment: | == Goals == |
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| {{{ configure: cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub config.sub cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess config.guess |
I'm currently focused on improving support for various specialist use cases where I am either using Ubuntu or working with a project that uses Ubuntu. My main goals within Ubuntu are simply to fix bugs where I find them at this point. |
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| clean: rm -rf config.guess config.sub }}} |
== Areas of Interest == |
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| === Tools === | My primary development interests surround automation, instrumentation, and articulation of distributed systems. While I still enjoy the idea of audio processing and input multiplexing, I rarely find the time to play with these. Much of my daily activity involves working with various architectures, mostly arm64 and ppc64el, but set against a backdrop of the widely deployed amd64. |
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| attachment:src-get is designed to ease the download of sources from multiple repositories, without adding them to the system sources.list. I find it useful for comparing revision differences between Ubuntu and Debian | == Background == |
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| === Background === I first encountered C and UNIX on an HP/UX system in 1984, and switched to UNIX as a primary home computing environment with SunOS 4.1.3_U! in 1991. I started using Linux with Yggdrasil in 1993, first started using Debian with Potato, and switched to Ubuntu shortly after the Warty release. === Ubuntu Activities === ==== Launchpad ==== Contact Information and Packaging Activity is best viewed from [https://launchpad.net/people/persia My Launchpad Page]. ==== Post-Warty ==== I spent a fair amount of time in #ubuntu, both receiving support for issues in my environment, and assisting others with issues in theirs. ==== Pre-Breezy ==== I participated in preparation of patches to address the libjack0.80->libjack0.100 transtion, prepared patches to address issues with my unusual hardware, and began to prepare .desktop files for inclusion in packages. I spent a fair amount of time triaging bugs, and participated in several Bug Days, including acting as primary coordinator for the 17th September Bug Day. ==== Pre-Dapper ==== I continued to triage bugs, and participate in #ubuntu-bugs. I also began to work on the .desktop files in earnest, drafting many and preparing icons for packages that lacked them. I also wrote some scripts to automate .desktop generation from the Debian menu system. As the release approached, I assisted with some of the topic targets from #ubuntu-motu, including merges, dh_iconcache addition, the libopenal0->libopenal0a transition, and preparing new upstreams to target high-profile bugs. Wiki Pages: ["MOTU/Packages/NoDesktopFile"] ["UniverseDesktopFileAbsolutePath"] ["MOTU/Transitions/Jack"] ==== Pre-Edgy ==== I spent some time guiding others towards the creation of more .desktop files, and triaged more bugs. ==== Pre-Feisty ==== I am assisting with merges and sync planning, preparing patches for bugs, and providing support and guidance to participants in #ubuntu-bugs and #ubuntu-motu. Wiki Pages: ["Bugs/HowToFix"] ==== Ubuntu Activities ==== |
I first encountered C and UNIX on an HP/UX system in 1984, and switched to UNIX as a primary home computing environment with SunOS 4.1.3_U1 in 1991. I started using Linux with Yggdrasil in 1993, first started using Debian with Potato pre-release, and first started using Ubuntu shortly after the Warty release. |
Overview
Launchpad: persia
Current Activities
After several years of experimentation with non-distro models for linux systems, I find an increasing set of reasons to end up using Ubuntu in various contexts where other solutions may be too inflexible, too immature, or otherwise unsuitable, and so am starting to have an increased desire to fix problems where I encounter them.
Past Activities
I used to participate in the Debian Games, Ubuntu Studio Developers, Ubuntu Japanese Team, Ubuntu Mobile Developers, Ubuntu Java, and Ubuntu Universe Sponsors teams. I was a member of the Asia & Ociania Regional Membership Board, the Developer Membership Board, and the Community Council, and spent most of my time encouraging new developers, helping new specialist teams, and encouraging cooperation and communication between different groups and teams within Ubuntu.
A summary of some of my per-release activities is also available.
Goals
I'm currently focused on improving support for various specialist use cases where I am either using Ubuntu or working with a project that uses Ubuntu. My main goals within Ubuntu are simply to fix bugs where I find them at this point.
Areas of Interest
My primary development interests surround automation, instrumentation, and articulation of distributed systems. While I still enjoy the idea of audio processing and input multiplexing, I rarely find the time to play with these. Much of my daily activity involves working with various architectures, mostly arm64 and ppc64el, but set against a backdrop of the widely deployed amd64.
Background
I first encountered C and UNIX on an HP/UX system in 1984, and switched to UNIX as a primary home computing environment with SunOS 4.1.3_U1 in 1991. I started using Linux with Yggdrasil in 1993, first started using Debian with Potato pre-release, and first started using Ubuntu shortly after the Warty release.
EmmetHikory (last edited 2018-03-15 03:07:42 by persia)