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Bug 710920 - sys-apps/sandbox: remove sandbox.desktop
Summary: sys-apps/sandbox: remove sandbox.desktop
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Sandbox Maintainers
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Reported: 2020-02-26 22:16 UTC by Vilgot Fredenberg
Modified: 2020-09-24 09:00 UTC (History)
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Description Vilgot Fredenberg 2020-02-26 22:16:38 UTC
I do not understand the need for this being a desktop application.
It's very irritating having to watch this every time I open up gnome package overview (meta+A).
If someone know why this exists please tell.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Vilgot Fredenberg 2020-02-26 22:33:48 UTC
Found workaround: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_entries#Hide_desktop_entries (this is what I get for not doing extensive searching before reporting a bug...)
I still however don't see why it would have a .desktop file but I guess I can simply hide it and that is enough.
Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-02-27 04:59:27 UTC
I suppose this makes little sense indeed.  It's not like we proactively create .desktop files for a lot of console apps.
Comment 3 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2020-02-28 07:00:28 UTC
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/sandbox.git/commit/?id=3feda84e2b5c1522776e2e023651fb87a98e6970

commit 3feda84e2b5c1522776e2e023651fb87a98e6970
Author:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-02-28 06:40:43 +0000
Commit:     Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-02-28 06:52:11 +0000

    Stop installing the icon and .desktop file
    
    The menu entry for Sandbox is not very useful, so stop installing
    it by default.  Leave the files in place in case somebody wanted them.
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/710920
    Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>

 Makefile.am | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Comment 4 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2020-02-28 07:01:17 UTC
I've pushed the change to the repository, and it will be part of the next sandbox release.  However, I don't think it's major enough to warrant a new release by itself.