Ubuntu
music-applet package

music-applet should follow XDG local folder specifications (instead of hardcoding .gnome2)

Bug #546744 reported by Lionel Dricot on 2010-03-25

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	music-applet (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: music-applet

Currently, music-applet allows the user to have custom plugins in .gnome2 folder. This .gnome2 folder is hardcoded multiple times and, according to the Freedesktop specification, should not be used.

The attached patch solves the problem and use the XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of .gnome2.

See :

http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ar01s03.html
http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?207-modify-your-application-to-use-xdg-folders

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Lionel Dricot (ploum-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2010-03-25:

xdg folders Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain)

The following patch implies that a previous path "fix the bug by updating the plugin path" from bug #520145 is already applied

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Fabrice Coutadeur (fabricesp) wrote on 2010-05-25:

Hi,

And thanks for working on that!
As music-applet has been superseded by panflute and is not maintained anymore, I'm not sure it's worth the patch.
Moreover, given that no errors are linked to this .gnome2 hardcoded folder.
Unsubscribing sponsors and marking as Won't fix.

If you disagree with my decision, please reopen the bug report and subscribe again the sponsors.

thanks,
Fabrice