[bug#70282] [PATCH v4] gnu: gnome-shell: Wrap screencast service.

[Liliana Marie Prikler]

Hi Dariqq,

Am Mittwoch, dem 08.05.2024 um 21:18 +0000 schrieb Dariqq:
> [...]
> 
> On 08.05.24 21:51, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> 
> > [...]
> > Perhaps a simple patch would convey the change better and be easier
> > to
> > maintain in the future / be readily available for other
> > distributions to
> > use.
> 
> The simple patch that would do this is basically the patch from nixos
> in  v1 of this which adds a shebang line for gjs to the service
> invocation files (rather than the dbus service invoking $gjs
> $service). The problem then is that wrap-program changes the filename
> to * .real which makes gjs unhappy.
> 
> [...]
> Maybe another comment, similiar to the one Liliana suggested earlier
> in this thread, could be added at the beginning to inform about
> changing to wrap script + patch instead once that is a viable option?
The pattern we typically use is to add an autotools-style "variable",
e.g. @GNOME_SHELL_GST_PLUGIN_SYSTEM_PATH@ through a patch, then use
substitute* to fill it in.  I don't think it's a requirement, but since
Maxim suggested, it'd definitely be nice to have.

Cheers