Re: xterm and desktop-file-utils dependency

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Sun, 7 Aug 2022 at 01:54, Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote
>
> David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost> writes:
>
> > In short - the change is small, relatively safe, should not result in
> > any difference in final state for the general case where someone
> > installs a package which uses share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, and
> > could significantly benefit some people building a small set of
> > packages on smaller & less mainstream boxes, and _very_ slightly
> > benefit a small number using binary packages.
> >
> > Against which, it is a tiny bit of complexity, and does not benefit or
> > affect the majority of users.
> >
> > I think that's a fair summary from my perspective :)
> >
> > I'm obviously in favour, though I agree there are valid arguments to
> > decide either way, I just wanted to opportunity to summarise what I
> > believed them to be :-p
>
> Thanks for the detailed explanation.  I have adjusted my view to "I
> don't mind at all if you do this" given the mechanics of how
> update-desktop-database works, and that it's easy to revert if it turns
> out to be more troublesome than we think.
>
> The only other comment was an objection from nia@, and I'd like to hear
> an updated comment now, as I think that was based on the idea of
> functionality loss, and of course what other people think.

Now committed. (poked nia offline and had a reasonable "as long as it
doesn't break anything" response :)

Thanks

David