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[dash] preferred applications are not stored in GConf anylonger

Bug #805063 reported by Michael Moroni
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Unity
Fix Released
High
Neil J. Patel
Unity 4.12.0
unity-2d
Fix Released
Critical
Florian Boucault
unity-2d 3.8.12
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Neil J. Patel
Ubuntu ubuntu-11.10-beta-2
Oneiric
Fix Released
High
Neil J. Patel
Ubuntu ubuntu-11.10-beta-2
unity-2d (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Critical
Florian Boucault
Ubuntu oneiric-alpha-3
Oneiric
Fix Released
Critical
Florian Boucault
Ubuntu oneiric-alpha-3

Bug Description

Preferred applications are not stored in GConf anymore. Instead they are stored in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. There is a GLib API to access it:

http://developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GAppInfo.html#g-app-info-get-default-for-type

Example in Python:
import gio
gio.app_info_get_default_for_type("x-scheme-handler/mailto", False)

The types for default applications are defined in gnome-control-center's function info_panel_setup_default_apps in panels/info/cc-info-panel.c

The 4 types we are interested in are:
- web browser: x-scheme-handler/http
- mail client: x-scheme-handler/mailto
- music player: audio/x-vorbis+ogg
- photo manager: image/jpeg

Only the first 2 are defined and used in Natty:

Natty and Oneiric
x-scheme-handler/http
x-scheme-handler/mailto

Oneiric only
audio/x-vorbis+ogg
image/jpeg

See original description

Related branches

lp:~fboucault/unity-2d/dash_preferred_apps_gio
Olivier Tilloy (community): Approve (code functional)
Diff: 293 lines (+226/-4)
6 files modified
libunity-2d-private/Unity2d/plugin.cpp (+3/-0)
libunity-2d-private/src/CMakeLists.txt (+1/-0)
libunity-2d-private/src/giodefaultapplication.cpp (+107/-0)
libunity-2d-private/src/giodefaultapplication.h (+63/-0)
places/HomeButtonDefaultApplication.qml (+48/-0)
places/HomeShortcuts.qml (+4/-4)
lp:~fboucault/unity-2d/dash_preferred_apps_gio_oneiric
Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Approve
Diff: 26 lines (+4/-4)
1 file modified
places/HomeShortcuts.qml (+4/-4)
Superseded for merging into lp:unity-2d/3.0
Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Pending requested
Diff: 301 lines (+230/-8)
6 files modified
libunity-2d-private/Unity2d/plugin.cpp (+3/-0)
libunity-2d-private/src/CMakeLists.txt (+1/-0)
libunity-2d-private/src/giodefaultapplication.cpp (+107/-0)
libunity-2d-private/src/giodefaultapplication.h (+63/-0)
places/HomeButtonDefaultApplication.qml (+48/-0)
places/HomeShortcuts.qml (+8/-8)
lp:unity-2d
lp:ubuntu/oneiric/unity-2d
lp:~njpatel/unity/dash-fixes-2011-08-30
Unity Team: Pending requested
Diff: 503 lines (+156/-136)
6 files modified
plugins/unityshell/src/DashView.cpp (+78/-5)
plugins/unityshell/src/DashView.h (+5/-0)
plugins/unityshell/src/LensView.cpp (+7/-0)
plugins/unityshell/src/PlacesGroup.cpp (+13/-10)
plugins/unityshell/src/PlacesHomeView.cpp (+50/-107)
plugins/unityshell/src/PlacesHomeView.h (+3/-14)
lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu (Merged)
lp:ubuntu/oneiric/unity
Revision history for this message
Michael Moroni (airon90) wrote :
description: updated
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
tags: added: oneiric
Changed in unity-2d:
importance: Undecided → High
summary: - Unity 2D doesn't honour my preferences about preferred applications
+ [dash] preferred applications have migrated to dconf
Changed in unity-2d:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity-2d:
milestone: none → 3.8.12
importance: High → Critical
Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Critical
assignee: nobody → Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team)
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
Changed in unity-2d:
assignee: nobody → Florian Boucault (fboucault)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
summary: - [dash] preferred applications have migrated to dconf
+ [dash] preferred applications are not stored in GConf anylonger
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote :

Preliminary implementation works but monitoring changes fails because of what seems to be a bug in gio (see FIXME in GioDefaultApplication)

Revision history for this message
Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote :

Bug reported upstream at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653999

David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
milestone: none → 4.4.0
assignee: nobody → Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Triaged
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.4.0 → 4.6.0
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team) → Florian Boucault (fboucault)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
assignee: nobody → Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
milestone: none → oneiric-alpha-3
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu Oneiric):
milestone: none → oneiric-alpha-3
Florian Boucault (fboucault)
Changed in unity-2d:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity-2d:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 3.8.12-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity-2d (3.8.12-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Florian Boucault ]
  * Upstreamed patch 01_build_with_new_indicator.patch
  * do not run pkgbinarymangler to convert images to 8bit since this breaks
    the launcher icon background handling. (LP: #809205)
    (QT upstream bug: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-4459)
  * debian/unity-2d.install:
    - install GSettings schemas into usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas
    - install GConf to GSettings conversion into usr/share/GConf/gsettings
  * debian/gconf/schemas/unity-2d.schemas:
    - remove GConf schema for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/super_key_enable
    - remove GConf schema for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/favorites
  * debian/20_unity-2d-gconf-default:
    - remove default value for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/super_key_enable
    - remove default value for /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/favorites
  * debian/control:
    - add dependency on libdconf-qt-dev
    - add dependency on libnux-1.0-dev

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * New upstream release:
    - [dash] preferred applications are not stored in GConf anylonger
      (LP: #805063)
    - [launcher] Tiles background is white/grey instead of the color of the
      icon (oneiric only) (LP: #809205)
    - [dash] Keyboard navigation not implemented as specified (LP: #608132)
    - Unity 2D should use dconf instead of gconf (LP: #692965)
    - [launcher] KDE3 Applications do not appear in launcher (LP: #719983)
    - ubuntu-bug showing that I am running unity-2D, when reporting from
      Compiz Unity interface (LP: #712343)
    - Apps pinned in launcher not retained between 2D and 3D Unity versions
      (LP: #746823)
    - [dash] Cannot have KDE4 applications as shortcuts on home screen
      (LP: #750081)
    - [panel] F10 shortcut does not navigate from application menu to
      indicators (LP: #772061)
    - [panel] F10 shortcut does not show application menu (LP: #777993)
    - [dash] Wine applications are not launched (LP: #794471)
    - [spread] GnomeBackground needs to use dconf to retrieve image path
      (LP: #805393)
    - [dash] transparency broken and graphical artifacts when using opengl
      backend (LP: #806019)
    - [dash] Enter no longer launches first item (LP: #811673)
    - [panel] navigation between application menus temporarily gives focus
      back to the application (LP: #717682)
    - [panel] Empathy's emotes not visible in panel menus (LP: #742822)
    - pgadmin3 not handled by unity-2d (LP: #800710)
    - [dash] slow rendering of background with opengl engine (LP: #806122)
    - [spread] Wallpaper is shifted by the width of the launcher (LP: #808712)
    - [launcher] Migrate gconf key /desktop/unity-2d/launcher/super_key_enable
      to dconf (LP: #810509)
    - [panel] application name cut when menu bar visible should use a fade
      (LP: #704615)
    - [panel] Window title could use a little fade (LP: #694924)
    - [launcher] Codeblocks doesn't appear in the list of applications
      (LP: #716524)
  * Fix typo in trigger (debian/unity-2d.triggers): (LP: #807358)
  * Install the apport hook in the right directory so that it's not laun...

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Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Kate Stewart (kate.stewart)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → High
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.6.0 → 4.8.0
Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
milestone: oneiric-alpha-3 → ubuntu-11.10-beta-1
Martin Pitt (pitti)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
milestone: ubuntu-11.10-beta-1 → ubuntu-11.10-beta-2
David Barth (dbarth)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 4.8.0 → 4.12.0
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Omer Akram (om26er)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.12.0-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (4.12.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - P3: [natty] Cannot click on indicators (LP: #819202)
    - Icons not visible in the launcher or alt-tab switcher (LP: #833905)
    - [dash] Search field in Unity can not support iBus (LP: #663776)
    - [dash] preferred applications are not stored in GConf anylonger
      (LP: #805063)
    - SysTray icons have a white square background in Unity. (LP: #823407)
    - new dash does not fit a normal netbook screen (LP: #825370)
    - Dash picks random weird colors (yellow, green), fonts invisible (with
      blur en- or disabled) (LP: #828363)
    - Music Lens doesn't display items until you search (LP: #824892)
    - Dash - Adjustments to stateful behaviour (LP: #838667)
    - Dragging from dash to launcher still doesn't work (LP: #824833)
    - Click on 'More Apps' et al closes the dash (LP: #824842)
    - cannot paste into dash (particularly relevant for alt+f2) (LP: #736222)
    - Ctrl X doesn't cut selected text in Dash search field (LP: #737731)
    - Ctrl+C doesn't copy selected text in Dash search field (LP: #737732)
    - The indicators shows a big white square when systray whitelisted
      (LP: #822672)
    - ARM FTBFS fix (LP: #834576)
  * debian/control:
    - build on latest nux
  * debian/rules:
    - bump shlibs
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:33:06 +0200

Changed in unity (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Brad Figg (brad-figg)
tags: added: rls-mgr-o-tracking
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