Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 439551
unison desktop file should not use update-alternatives
Last modified: 2008-04-16 23:55:20 EDT
Description of problem: Each version-specific unison package (unison213 and unison227) use update-alternatives for registering its desktop file. However, the version-specific desktop files are already in /usr/share/applications ! This means that the only thing update-alternatives does is to create yet another desktop menu entry -- i.e. on my system I have one launcher for unison213 and two for unison227. We should either not use update-alternatives for the desktop file (thus the user can launch either 213 or 227), or put the original desktop files somewhere else (thus the user has only one launcher for the 'active' unison). The former is probably preferable. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): unison213-2.13.16-9.fc9.x86_64 unison227-2.27.57-7.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install unison213 unison227 2. Applications->Accessories Actual results: Three copies of unison desktop entries Expected results: Either two copies (213 and 227) or just one Additional info:
Yes, I can see the problem. I guess not having the extra alternatives entry is fine. The only thing I wonder (which isn't solved by the current desktop files anyway) is if somebody installs just 1 unison, and then gets confused by the version # in the menu name. That could be solved by making the alternatives entry just say "Unison", so you'd end up with: Unison 2.13 Unison 2.27 Unison # picks alternatives value Do you think that's worth it, or do you think simply removing the alternatives for the desktop file is the way to go.
New packages available in rawhide; should be pushed to F8/F7 testing soon.
unison227-2.27.57-7.fc8.2,unison213-2.13.16-9.fc8.2 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
unison227-2.27.57-7.fc7.3,unison213-2.13.16-9.fc7.3 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 7
unison213-2.13.16-9.fc7.3, unison227-2.27.57-7.fc7.3 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
unison227-2.27.57-7.fc8.2, unison213-2.13.16-9.fc8.2 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.