Bug#401928: Please register all schemas on install

[Josselin Mouette]

Le mercredi 06 décembre 2006 à 15:54 -0500, Ari Pollak a écrit :
> Package: gconf2
> Version: 2.16.0-3
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Currently, if a package wishes to install gconf schemas properly, it has
> to depend on gconf2 even if gconf is not required to use the package,
> since gconf-schemas is called in the package's postinst. gconf2's
> postinst should register everything it finds on install, so individual
> packages' postinsts can skip running gconf-schemas if gconf2 is not
> installed.

In this case, maybe gconf2 should maintain a list of schemas which have
already been installed. Otherwise, they will be installed twice upon new
installations and upgrades.

Besides that limitation, this sounds definitely like something feasible.
I'll see how to do it in the best possible way, but advice is of course
welcome.
-- 
Josselin Mouette                /\./\

"Do you have any more insane proposals for me?"
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