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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: 24 hour review for >= dev-libs/glib-2.28 stable news item
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:14:11
Message-Id: 20110427081313.GB7370@comet.mayo.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: 24 hour review for >= dev-libs/glib-2.28 stable news item by Samuli Suominen
1 On 15:05 Wed 27 Apr , Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 > The way of setting default URI handlers has changed since
3 > dev-libs/glib-2.28 and above. If you used the GConf registry to set
4 > them before, they will now be ignored.
5
6 Do you think all our users will even understand what this means? Can you
7 provide a more plain-English explanation, and give specific examples?
8 For example:
9
10 "The method for setting default applications for specific URI types
11 (https://, mailto://, etc.) changed in dev-libs/glib-2.28 and newer. If
12 you previously set them in GConf using the Configuration Editor, they
13 will now be ignored."
14
15 --
16 Thanks,
17 Donnie
18
19 Donnie Berkholz
20 Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux
21 Blog: http://dberkholz.com

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