Re: Apps don't load in GWorkspace

[Wolfgang Lux]

> Am 20.05.2020 um 18:24 schrieb Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote:
>> I'm sure the install instructions say (or said) that make_services should be 
>> in your .profile to run on login.
>> When installing a new app, app developers should ensure it is run by the 
>> install script.
>> So the only time it would need to be run manually is when copying a new 
>> application rather than installing it.
> 
> exactly - if you are building yourself "you should know", if you install a 
> package, it should be in the "post install" of the respctive package 
> installation tool

So you assume package maintainers are aware of this?

Honestly, I don't think that this approach of delegating responsibility for 
necessary tasks elsewhere has ever done anything good for promoting a project. 
:-(

Either the current workspace application (so GWorkspace for the time being) 
should update the services database a soon as it recognizes a new (or updated) 
application, or, when there is no registered workspace manager, applications 
should do that themselves.

Just my 0.02€
Wolfgang