From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Julien Lepiller Subject: bug#39468: Openbox - Calculator does not load Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:23:05 -0500 Message-ID: References: <30CD3467-B630-4CD1-A233-6EED65995E26@lepiller.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35337) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1izod2-0005kU-KQ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:24:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izod0-0006Oz-Ag for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:24:04 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42673) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izocz-0006NG-S5 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:24:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1izocz-00052t-OJ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:24:01 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: "Scott C. MacCallum" , 39468@debbugs.gnu.org Le 6 f=C3=A9vrier 2020 16:12:38 GMT-05:00, "Scott C=2E MacCallum" a =C3=A9crit : Please make sure to keep debbugs in CC :) >> To be fair, if you installed only the openbox environment, none of >>the items in the menu would work > >I didn't install just an Openbox environment, I installed all of the >available desktop environments=2E I understand, and the other environments brought other packages with them,= which made some of the menu items work=2E > >>However, this is not a guix-specific bug, and as an openbox user, I >>don't expect to have all of these items available=2E > >Perhaps it's not an Guix-specific bug but that's certainly not the case >with other distros=2E It was my understanding that Guix wanted to reach >the widest audience possible, including those not technically inclined=2E OK, though I certainly got locked out of my initial installation on arch l= inux because I forgot to add xterm for instance, and I'm sure all of these = items don't work ootb on debian or other distros=2E Maybe having openbox as an initial choice in the installer is a bad idea, = or the installer could add these packages=2E We could also change the openb= ox package to restrict the quantity of default menu entries to some minimum= =2E I'd like to close your other bugs (39469 to 39474) as I think they all hav= e the same root cause=2E I'll rename this one Do you agree? > >> I don't really see how to improve the situation, do you have a >>suggestion? > >I actually don't use Openbox as my default desktop environment=2E I was >thinking about others=2E > >Scott >scmguru - irc=2Efreenode=2Enet > >Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email=2E > >=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original = Message =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 >On Thursday, February 6, 2020 4:03 PM, Julien Lepiller > wrote: > >> Le 6 f=C3=A9vrier 2020 15:39:36 GMT-05:00, "Scott C=2E MacCallum via Bu= g >reports for GNU Guix" bug-guix@gnu=2Eorg a =C3=A9crit : >> >> > After the installation of all the available desktop environments, >in >> > Openbox from the Accessories menu Calculator does not load=2E >> > Scott >> > scmguru - irc=2Efreenode=2Enet >> > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email=2E >> >> To be fair, if you installed only the openbox environment, none of >the items in the menu would work=2E However, this is not a guix-specific >bug, and as an openbox user, I don't expect to have all of these items >available=2E The menu is static and the same in all distros=2E You're >supposed to configure it yourself, which makes it not very user >friendly, but that's how it works=2E >> >> I don't really see how to improve the situation, do you have a >suggestion?