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Bug 651831 - /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-sound-applet.desktop violates xdg guidelines
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-sound-applet.desktop violates xdg guidelines
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Sound
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control center sound maintainer(s)
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-06-04 00:16 UTC by Christoph Wickert
Modified: 2013-04-18 15:25 UTC
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Description Christoph Wickert 2011-06-04 00:16:33 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #651830 +++

/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-sound-applet.desktop in control-center 3.0.1.1 does not meet the freedesktop.org desktop entry specification:

$ desktop-file-validate /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-sound-applet.desktop 
/etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-sound-applet.desktop: error: value "GNOME3 if-session gnome-fallback" for key "AutostartCondition" in group "Desktop Entry" contains an unregistered value "GNOME3" for the condition; values extending the format should start with "X-"

Same problem with /etc/xdg/autostart/nautilus-autostart.desktop from nautilus and /etc/xdg/autostart/bluetooth-applet.desktop from gnome-bluetooth. Recently Unity has started introducing new keys without previous discussion or changes to the specs and it is sad that GNOME does the same.
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-06-05 15:02:25 UTC
The fundamental problem here is that sharing these autostart files across desktops does not make any sense in the first place.
Comment 2 Christoph Wickert 2011-06-05 15:21:08 UTC
I guess then they should be moved to %{_datadir}/gnome/autostart. But even that is no excuse for not following the spec.

Don't get me wrong: I consider "AutostartCondition" a good addition, however the way it is done is IHMO wrong. A single app can have different conditions in different desktops, e.g.

AutostartCondition=GNOME3 if-session gnome-fallback;KDE4 if-session plasma-netbook;

However it is unlikely that KDE knows how to deal with

"Settings org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons"

So why not use something like X-GNOME-AutostartCondition and X-KDE-AutostartCondition? Provides the same functionality but well within the specs.
Comment 3 Bastien Nocera 2012-08-24 17:21:20 UTC
Mass reassign, sorry for the noise.
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2013-04-18 15:25:16 UTC
The sound applet is gone from GNOME 3.8 and newer.