Re: Removing GnomeDesktopItem API from gnome-desktop

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to remove the GnomeDesktopItem API from gnome-desktop. It's an
> old API that is not needed anymore in our world with GKeyFile and
> GDesktopAppInfo.
>
> Thanks to Andre, here's a list of modules using it. I've put them in
> some categories:
>
>  With patches:
>  - gnome-applets
>    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623369
>  - gnome-control-center:
>    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623380
>  - nautilus-open-terminal
>    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623371
>
>  Bindings (shouldn't be an issue):
>  - gnome-python-desktop
>  - vala
>
>  Need patch (but not blocking since not ported to GTK+ 3 yet):
>  - libslab
>  - gnome-main-menu
>
>  Not developed anymore:
>  - bigboard
>  - desktop-data-model
>  - galeon
>
> So it all looks good. Unless there's a good objection, I'll remove the
> API from master, even though it wasn't marked as deprecated earlier.

Thats a good idea; if there is anything we need to add in gio to make
this happen, let me know.