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From: Alex Alexander <wired@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: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:57:56
Message-Id: 20110426195839.GA18255@lust
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: 24 hour review for >= dev-libs/glib-2.28 stable news item by Samuli Suominen
1 On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:56:06PM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 > You have 24 hours to comment on this news item. Sorry to put it so
3 > bluntly but this is required for major security bug (#364973).
4 >
5 > See attachment.
6
7 Should be wrapped at 72 chars, but looks good otherwise, thanks :)
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10 > Title: Upgrade to GLIB 2.28
11 > Author: GNOME Team <gnome@g.o>
12 > Content-Type: text/plain
13 > Posted: 2011-04-26
14 > Revision: 1
15 > News-Item-Format: 1.0
16 > Display-If-Installed: <dev-libs/glib-2.28
17 >
18 > The way of setting default URI handlers has changed since dev-libs/glib-2.28
19 > and above. If you used the GConf registry to set them before, they will now
20 > be ignored.
21 >
22 > If you use GNOME, you must upgrade gnome-session and gnome-control-center and
23 > set your default browser/mail-client again.
24 >
25 > If you don't use GNOME, you should ensure that the file
26 > ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list has the following content:
27 >
28 > [Added Associations]
29 > x-scheme-handler/http=$browser_name.desktop;
30 > x-scheme-handler/https=$browser_name.desktop;
31 > x-scheme-handler/mailto=$mailclient_name.desktop;
32 >
33 > Replace $browser_name.desktop and $mailclient_name.desktop with the appropriate
34 > file from /usr/share/applications that can handle http/https/mailto URIs.
35 >
36 > Please make sure that your browsers and mail clients have been upgraded to the
37 > latest stable versions before doing all this.
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