Bug#851305: onboard doesn't show any information in mate-session-properties

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi shirish,

On  So 15 Jan 2017 20:01:32 CET, shirish शिरीष wrote:

> In-line :-
>
> On 15/01/2017, Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
>> Hi shirish,
> <snipped>
>
> Hi Mike,
>>
>> Please take some time and propose a patch please. Thanks!
>
> I am no coder but I am open to doing that but need to know how to go
> about doing that ?
>
> I tried few things -
>
> a. git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-mate/onboard.git
>
> It gave me all debian-specific bits but nothing about onboard itself.
>
> b. apt-get source onboard
>
> I was able to get onboard-1.3.0  onboard_1.3.0-1.debian.tar.xz
> onboard_1.3.0-1.dsc  onboard_1.3.0.orig.tar.gz
>
> and was able to see where onboard-autostart.desktop is -
>
> ┌─[shirish at debian] - [~/onboard-debian/onboard-1.3.0/data] - [10148]
> └─[$] ls
>
> layoutstrings.py           onboard.desktop.in            
> org.onboard.gschema.xml
> onboard-autostart.desktop  onboard-settings.desktop.in
> org.onboard.Onboard.service
>
> I have no idea whether it's just a case of simply flipping from
> NoDisplay=true to NoDisplay=false in onboard-autostart.desktop or
> would need more.
>
> I did check https://github.com/mate-desktop to see if there was a
> separate onboard repository mirroed there but there isn't/wasn't.
>
> The only commands I know are -
>
> git clone $something
> cd $something
> leafpad $something/$somefile
> git commit $somefile
> git format-patch -1
>
> But have no idea how do I proceed further.
>
> Any ideas anybody ?
>
>> Mike

The problem is that onboard-autostart.desktop (in /etc/xdg/autostart)  
does not have a (i18ned) Comment= key. The lack of it needs to be  
reported to onboard upstream.

Neither does /usr/share/applications/onboard.desktop have a Comment=  
field. This should also be added.

Please do the following things:

   o report the bug upstream
   o link this Debian bug to the upstream bug once it has been reported

Then we wait for the next upstream release and cherry-pick the  
.desktop files and try to upload for Debian 9.

Onboard upstream is here:
https://launchpad.net/onboard

For reporting bugs on Launchpad, you need need an account there IIRC.

Greets,
Mike
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