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Bug 515200 - Improve .desktop file
Improve .desktop file
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-volume-manager
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
2.22.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Gnome volume manager maintainers
Gnome volume manager maintainers
gnome[unmaintained]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-02-08 13:23 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2012-03-05 23:24 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22



Description Sebastien Bacher 2008-02-08 13:23:26 UTC
The bug has been described on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-volume-manager/+bug/146918

"Most of the descriptions of the startup programs in the default setup are poor:

Volume Manager: "Volume manager for removable drives and media"
  Doesn't describe what it does except "manage", which is vague. The term "Volume" is ambiguous, so this should not be used in the description."
Comment 1 Pavel Šefránek 2008-02-08 22:38:16 UTC
Description is in this file: /usr/share/gnome/autostart/gnome-volume-manager.desktop
Comment 2 era+gnome 2009-01-20 16:30:16 UTC
The current trunk http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnome-volume-manager/trunk/gnome-volume-properties.desktop.in?revision=1382&view=markup has the following text:

_Name=Removable Drives and Media
_Comment=Configure management of removable drives and media

To my humble self, this at least nominally qualifies as a fix for this bug, although the "manage" term is seen as problematic by the original reporter.
Comment 3 era+gnome 2009-01-20 18:02:42 UTC
My bad, that's the wrong file; the correct one is at http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnome-volume-manager/trunk/gnome-volume-manager.desktop.in.in?revision=1381&view=markup and does not appear to be fixed at all.  Sorry for the confusion.
Comment 4 era+gnome 2009-06-29 19:51:46 UTC
I'd be happy to propose a patch but I'm not certain I fully understand the role of Gnome Volume Manager.  How's this as a first approximation?

_Name=Volume Manager
_Comment=Control GNOME's handling of removable drives and media

I'm basing this suggestion mainly on the README file in the source, which has the following information:

gnome-volume-manager is a desktop-level daemon that enforces volume-related
policy in response to events received from HAL. Its goal is to implement all
functionality as a state-machine in response to asynchronous events from HAL.

It is one component in a larger plan to fully integrate all levels of the Linux
system, from the kernel on up through the desktop and its applications.

gnome-volume-manager comes in two parts:

- gnome-volume-manager: the manager daemon itself
- gnome-volume-properties: the control panel applet, for configuration
Comment 5 Jeffrey Stedfast 2009-06-30 13:56:40 UTC
I think g-v-m is disappearing from GNOME so probably not worth messing with it. I think Nautilus is handling everything now.
Comment 6 André Klapper 2012-03-05 23:24:18 UTC
According to its maintainers, "g-v-m hasn't seen a change in three years, it definitely qualifies as unmaintained."

It is highly unlikely that there will be any further active development
(especially as functionality has been superseded by other modules).

Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping - Please feel
free to reopen this bug report in the future if anyone takes the responsibility
for active development again.