From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Scott C. MacCallum" via Bug reports for GNU Guix Subject: bug#39468: Openbox - Calculator does not load Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 21:31:01 +0000 Message-ID: References: <30CD3467-B630-4CD1-A233-6EED65995E26@lepiller.eu> Reply-To: "Scott C. MacCallum" , "Scott C. MacCallum" 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]:37151) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1izokm-000659-Fc for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:32:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izokl-00089A-5L for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:32:04 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42677) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1izokk-00085f-Kr for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:32:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1izokk-0005Fz-Fe for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:32:02 -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: Julien Lepiller Cc: "39468@debbugs.gnu.org" <39468@debbugs.gnu.org> "I'd like to close your other bugs (39469 to 39474) as I think they all hav= e the same root cause. I'll rename this one Do you agree?" I agree. And I'll stop submitting bugs for the other broken menu items. :) Scott scmguru - irc.freenode.net Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =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 4:23 PM, Julien Lepiller = wrote: > Le 6 f=C3=A9vrier 2020 16:12:38 GMT-05:00, "Scott C. MacCallum" smaccallu= m@protonmail.com 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. > > I understand, and the other environments brought other packages with them= , which made some of the menu items work. > > > > However, this is not a guix-specific bug, and as an openbox user, I > > > don't expect to have all of these items available. > > > > Perhaps it's not an Guix-specific bug but that's certainly not the case > > with other distros. It was my understanding that Guix wanted to reach > > the widest audience possible, including those not technically inclined. > > OK, though I certainly got locked out of my initial installation on arch = linux 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. > > Maybe having openbox as an initial choice in the installer is a bad idea,= or the installer could add these packages. We could also change the openbo= x package to restrict the quantity of default menu entries to some minimum. > > I'd like to close your other bugs (39469 to 39474) as I think they all ha= ve the same root cause. 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. I was > > thinking about others. > > Scott > > scmguru - irc.freenode.net > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Origina= l 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 > > julien@lepiller.eu wrote: > > > > > Le 6 f=C3=A9vrier 2020 15:39:36 GMT-05:00, "Scott C. MacCallum via Bu= g > > > reports for GNU Guix" bug-guix@gnu.org a =C3=A9crit : > > > > > > > After the installation of all the available desktop environments, > > > > in > > > > > > > Openbox from the Accessories menu Calculator does not load. > > > > Scott > > > > scmguru - irc.freenode.net > > > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. > > > > > > To be fair, if you installed only the openbox environment, none of > > > the items in the menu would work. However, this is not a guix-specifi= c > > > bug, and as an openbox user, I don't expect to have all of these item= s > > > available. The menu is static and the same in all distros. You're > > > supposed to configure it yourself, which makes it not very user > > > friendly, but that's how it works. > > > I don't really see how to improve the situation, do you have a > > > suggestion?