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Bug 762102 - desktop: Specify reason for accessing location
desktop: Specify reason for accessing location
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-weather
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Weather Maintainer(s)
GNOME Weather Maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-02-15 17:52 UTC by Zeeshan Ali
Modified: 2016-02-15 20:52 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
desktop: Specify reason for accessing location (1.10 KB, patch)
2016-02-15 17:52 UTC, Zeeshan Ali 		none Details | Review

Description Zeeshan Ali 2016-02-15 17:52:46 UTC 
See patch
Comment 1 Zeeshan Ali 2016-02-15 17:52:50 UTC 
Created attachment 321282 [details] [review]
desktop: Specify reason for accessing location

We're trying to implement per-app location privacy in 3.20 and according
to the new design, we need apps to tell user why they need access to
location:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5031519/location-access-dialog.png

Instead of breaking geoclue API, I decided to invent this custom desktop
file entry.
Comment 2 Giovanni Campagna 2016-02-15 20:52:24 UTC 
Thanks for the patch, I applied it and it will be in today's 3.19.90 release.