per-session gsettings overrides
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | GLib |
Expired
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Medium
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| | glib2.0 (Ubuntu) |
Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
There have been several occasions now where Ubuntu GNOME has had to patch code, that could in theory instead be handled by per-session gsettings overrides. A recent example is the background plugin in gnome-settings-
As I understand it the overrides are processed by glib-compile-
| description: | updated |
| Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : | #1 |
| desrt (desrt) wrote : | #2 |
Worth noting that it's already possible to add new directories to the schema search path via GSETTINGS_
| Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Changed in glib: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
| Changed in glib: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Won't Fix |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #3 |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
| Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in glib: | |
| status: | Won't Fix → Confirmed |
| Changed in glib: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Expired |
| Changed in glib2.0 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Compiling schemas on every login is a waste of both CPU time and also disk space. Perhaps instead of /usr/share/