Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Menu - Bash vs. Python Rule files

[Heinrich Wendel <lanius@gentoo.org>]

On Wednesday 13 August 2003 23:08, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 16:38, Heinrich Wendel wrote:
> > > Where is all the work for this "Gentoo menu" being done?  I would
> > > definitely like to be a part of it since I am very interested in it and
> > > would definitely like to see this come to fruition.
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-menu/?cvsroot=gentoo-src
> >
> > and in irc between me and svyatogor ;)
>
> So how exactly are you going to work with ebuilds that already create
> menu entries in their various forms?  What about ebuilds where we create
> them?  For example, there is make_desktop_entry in eutils.eclass that
> was done by vapier and used by the games team.  I don't know if anyone
> else uses it, but they probably should.

They have to change to use the new menu system.

>  Which version of the freedesktop spec are you using? 

Desktop Entry Spec 0.9.4:
http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/desktop-entry-spec/0.9.4-onehtml/

Menu Spec 0.5:
http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/0.5-onehtml/

> Are you planning on changing all of the
> ebuilds which provide any form of .desktop entries? 
At the moment i see no other way.

> What would an
> ebuild submitter need to do to make sure their ebuild's .desktop files
> meet the requirements? 

I will create a validater.

> Would there have to be anything added to the
> ebuild to have the menus created properly, or is it done on-the-fly and
> transparently?

take a look at portage/domenu in cvs, so a ebuild would have to add one 
command: domenu foo.directory

mfg, Heinrich :)

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