[Bug 1251635] Re: drop version numbers from users' .desktop file names
Michael Zanetti
michael.zanetti at canonical.com
Fri Nov 15 13:52:10 UTC 2013
Probably we should even think if the appId should contain the version
number at all. Seeing that URL dispatcher is working around this too
with appId://<id-without-version>/current-user-version.
So far I have the impression I need to cut away the version wherever I
deal with appIds.
Is the same actually true for the hook name? Given that on an upgrade
the hookname could change but it's still the same application it would
break any stored references to an app on an upgrade.
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Title:
drop version numbers from users' .desktop file names
Status in “click” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The version number in click .desktop file in users'
~/.local/share/applications cause issues on different levels for
apparently no advantage.
Every time you want to find a .desktop file for an app, you either
need to store the whole file name, with the version number (which
breaks on app upgrades, unless you react to it somehow), or find a
matching .desktop file based on the developer / app id and hookname
every time. App upgrades / removals are tricky unless we start
reacting to signals from the click system itself.
Since in users' realms there can only be one version of an app
installed at any given time, it feels like exposing this complication
there is unnecessary.
What do you think?
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