desktop file parser is too strict
Bug #1227359 reported by
Leo Arias
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #1204595: Unity 8 does not properly parse legitimate desktop files.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qtubuntu |
Confirmed
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Medium
|
Gerry Boland | ||
| unity-mir |
Confirmed
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Medium
|
Gerry Boland | ||
Bug Description
While trying to workaround bug #1227355 launching the ubuntu-ui-toolkit gallery from autopilot with the desktop file hint, we found that the gallery was not being shown on top because it was missing the Icon and Path parameters.
Also, when writing a temporary desktop file we wrote an empty new line at the begining. The parser didn't like this either.
According to greyback, the parser is too strict and it should allow desktop files without those parameters.
As a temporary workaround, I'm adding dummy parameters for the gallery app. Once you make the parser accept files without those parameters, please let me know so I can remove them.
| Changed in qtubuntu: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in unity-mir: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in qtubuntu: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in unity-mir: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in qtubuntu: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Gerry Boland (gerboland) |
| Changed in unity-mir: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Gerry Boland (gerboland) |
| summary: |
- desktop file parser requires the Icon and Path parameters + desktop file parser is too strict |
| description: | updated |
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