Debian Bug report logs - #689293
dia menu entry should use /usr/bin/dia not /usr/bin/dia-normal

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [dia] dia menu entry should use /usr/bin/dia not /usr/bin/dia-normal

Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:30:09 +0200

Package: dia
Version: 0.97.2-8
Severity: normal

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Hi.

The installation of dia should add a menu entry to start dia with the
link in /usr/bin/dia, so the choice of the alternatives system is taken
into account.

Currently /usr/bin/dia-normal is used, which bypasses the alternatives
system.

Regards
  Andre Naujoks

--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 3.5-trunk-amd64

Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  500 unstable        www.debian-multimedia.org
  500 unstable        ftp.de.debian.org
  500 stable          dl.google.com
    1 experimental    ftp.de.debian.org

--- Package information. ---
Depends                    (Version) | Installed
====================================-+-==============
libart-2.0-2             (>= 2.3.18) |
libatk1.0-0              (>= 1.12.4) |
libc6                       (>= 2.7) |
libcairo2                 (>= 1.2.4) |
libfontconfig1            (>= 2.8.0) |
libfreetype6              (>= 2.2.1) |
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0       (>= 2.22.0) |
libglib2.0-0             (>= 2.24.0) |
libgtk2.0-0              (>= 2.12.0) |
libpango1.0-0            (>= 1.18.0) |
libpng12-0             (>= 1.2.13-4) |
libxml2                   (>= 2.7.4) |
zlib1g                  (>= 1:1.1.4) |
dia-common              (= 0.97.2-8) |
dia-libs                (= 0.97.2-8) |


Recommends       (Version) | Installed
==========================-+-===========
gsfonts-x11                | 0.22


Package's Suggests field is empty.

Message #10 received at 689293@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>

To: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>, 689293@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dia-team] Bug#689293: dia menu entry should use /usr/bin/dia not /usr/bin/dia-normal

Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:38:09 +0200

Hi!

Thanks you for your report!

On 01/10/12 10:30, Andre Naujoks wrote:
> The installation of dia should add a menu entry to start dia with the
> link in /usr/bin/dia, so the choice of the alternatives system is taken
> into account.
> 
> Currently /usr/bin/dia-normal is used, which bypasses the alternatives
> system.

Interesting question. Currently, dia just installs menu files for
dia(-normal) and dia-gnome each, which will both appear in the menu, if
available.

Now I wonder if menu entries should follow alternative system choices or
not. Is there a policy about that or some common practice in other packages?

Roland

Message #15 received at 689293@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>

To: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>

Cc: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>, 689293@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dia-team] Bug#689293: dia menu entry should use /usr/bin/dia not /usr/bin/dia-normal

Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:07:35 +0200

On 03.10.2012 12:38, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> Hi!
> 
> Thanks you for your report!
> 
> On 01/10/12 10:30, Andre Naujoks wrote:
>> The installation of dia should add a menu entry to start dia with the
>> link in /usr/bin/dia, so the choice of the alternatives system is taken
>> into account.
>>
>> Currently /usr/bin/dia-normal is used, which bypasses the alternatives
>> system.
> 
> Interesting question. Currently, dia just installs menu files for
> dia(-normal) and dia-gnome each, which will both appear in the menu, if
> available.
> 
> Now I wonder if menu entries should follow alternative system choices or
> not. Is there a policy about that or some common practice in other packages?

Now that you mention it, I think I don't know any other package that
uses the alternatives system the way dia does. The choice is basically a
command line parameter.

But I think dia should start in the same configuration regardless of
where it is started from, be it a menu or the command line.

Andre

> 
> Roland

Message #20 received at 689293@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>

To: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>

Cc: 689293@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dia-team] Bug#689293: dia menu entry should use /usr/bin/dia not /usr/bin/dia-normal

Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:57:39 +0200

Hi!

On 10/04/2012 09:07 AM, Andre Naujoks wrote:
>> On 01/10/12 10:30, Andre Naujoks wrote:
>>> The installation of dia should add a menu entry to start dia with the
>>> link in /usr/bin/dia, so the choice of the alternatives system is taken
>>> into account.
>>>
>>> Currently /usr/bin/dia-normal is used, which bypasses the alternatives
>>> system.
>>
>> Interesting question. Currently, dia just installs menu files for
>> dia(-normal) and dia-gnome each, which will both appear in the menu, if
>> available.
>>
>> Now I wonder if menu entries should follow alternative system choices or
>> not. Is there a policy about that or some common practice in other packages?
> 
> Now that you mention it, I think I don't know any other package that
> uses the alternatives system the way dia does. The choice is basically a
> command line parameter.
> 
> But I think dia should start in the same configuration regardless of
> where it is started from, be it a menu or the command line.

Now I understand what you mean :-) : Dia actually has 4 alternatives
entries: dia-normal and dia-gnome, with an "-integrated" variant each,
to provide the "integrated window" view as default.

The upstream default ("without command line option") is non-integrated,
and on the Debian desktop, --integrated would be best.

For consolidation, we can consider doing only the integrated variant, at
least for the menus.

Still, we have dia-normal and dia-gnome. Does your report apply to this
as well? My question about other packages referred to possible examples
of menu entries interacting with alternatives config.

Roland

Message #25 received at 689293@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>

To: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>

Cc: Andre Naujoks <nautsch2@googlemail.com>, 689293@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org

Subject: Re: [Pkg-dia-team] Bug#689293: dia menu entry should use /usr/bin/dia not /usr/bin/dia-normal

Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:21:58 +0200

On 04.10.2012 09:57, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> Hi!
> 
> On 10/04/2012 09:07 AM, Andre Naujoks wrote:
>>> On 01/10/12 10:30, Andre Naujoks wrote:
>>>> The installation of dia should add a menu entry to start dia with the
>>>> link in /usr/bin/dia, so the choice of the alternatives system is taken
>>>> into account.
>>>>
>>>> Currently /usr/bin/dia-normal is used, which bypasses the alternatives
>>>> system.
>>>
>>> Interesting question. Currently, dia just installs menu files for
>>> dia(-normal) and dia-gnome each, which will both appear in the menu, if
>>> available.
>>>
>>> Now I wonder if menu entries should follow alternative system choices or
>>> not. Is there a policy about that or some common practice in other packages?
>>
>> Now that you mention it, I think I don't know any other package that
>> uses the alternatives system the way dia does. The choice is basically a
>> command line parameter.
>>
>> But I think dia should start in the same configuration regardless of
>> where it is started from, be it a menu or the command line.
> 
> Now I understand what you mean :-) : Dia actually has 4 alternatives
> entries: dia-normal and dia-gnome, with an "-integrated" variant each,
> to provide the "integrated window" view as default.
> 
> The upstream default ("without command line option") is non-integrated,
> and on the Debian desktop, --integrated would be best.
> 
> For consolidation, we can consider doing only the integrated variant, at
> least for the menus.

That would mean the problem is just switched around. If I choose to
change what my dia points to (via update-alternatives) I'd expect this
change to be used when I start dia via a menu.

I think it would be best to remove the alternatives to the non
integrated forms and use the alternative chosen to launch dia from a
menu. This way dia is consistently used in its integrated form and only
if you really want to, you can start dia-normal.

> 
> Still, we have dia-normal and dia-gnome. Does your report apply to this
> as well? My question about other packages referred to possible examples
> of menu entries interacting with alternatives config.

I don't know of any, but I don't really know that many packages in depth.

dia-gnome should be one alternative in the alternatives group.

Andre

> 
> Roland

Message #30 received at 689293-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>

To: 689293-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#689293: fixed in dia 0.97.2-12

Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 21:03:22 +0000

Source: dia
Source-Version: 0.97.2-12

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dia, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 689293@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de> (supplier of updated dia package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 21:18:30 +0200
Source: dia
Binary: dia-common dia-libs dia dia-gnome
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 0.97.2-12
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Dia Team <pkg-dia-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Roland Stigge <stigge@antcom.de>
Description: 
 dia        - Diagram editor
 dia-common - Diagram editor (common files)
 dia-gnome  - Diagram editor (GNOME version)
 dia-libs   - Diagram editor (library files)
Closes: 689293
Changes: 
 dia (0.97.2-12) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Menu file starts central /usr/bin/dia (as chosen by alternatives)
     (Closes: #689293)
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