On 04/06/14 09:53, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > On 06/04/2014 07:24, Cameron Norman wrote: >> El Tue, 3 de Jun 2014 a las 9:03 PM, Eric Lavarde <Eric@Lavar.de> escribió: >>> Hi Daniel, On 3 June 2014 20:54:58 CEST, Daniel Lintott >>> <daniel@serverb.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Mentors! I'm currently packaging a notification application, >>> BuildNotify [1]. It only makes sense to start the application when >>> the user logs in, which can be done using the >>> $(HOME)/.config/autostart directory or adding an entry using the >>> Startup Applications GUI. >From the packaging perspective, is this >>> something we should do when the package is installed... or should >>> it be left to the user to configure how they start it? >>> >> XDG autostart provides for both of these scenarios. You can (and should) >> install the autostart entry in /etc/xdg/autostart/ for system wide >> starting of the tray icon. Individual users can disable the entry by >> making one with the same name in ~/.config/autostart/ with a single >> line, "Hidden=true", as the contents. >> >> I think users installing this piece of software will expect it to be >> started at boot, and we should do just that. > > BuildNotify lets you "monitor multiple continuous integration servers > with customizable build notifications for all projects". > > I would assume it will only do useful work after configuration. If that > is the case, I think setting up the autostart bits should be done by > BuildNotify when a user has entered something useful into the configuration. That is mostly correct... currently BuildNotify needs to be started/running to access the configuration GUI. I have found that this is then saved to a file in plain text, which would mean I could create a debconf scenario to perform the initial configuration and add the appropriate autostart scripts. Regards, Daniel
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