[Mageia-dev] time between install and menu update

Tue Jul 10 20:25:21 CEST 2012

09.07.2012 06:22, andre999 kirjoitti:
+> Simple w a écrit :
+>> Hi,
+>>
+>> After running Mageia and a debian based distro Linuxmint, one thing
+>> appeared strange, after installing a rpm (that included .desktop
+>> files) the menu entry didnt appeared after the rpm installation, it
+>> takes about 10 seconds after the rpm install to have the new entries
+>> in the kde panel menu (or kmenu), and in the debian based distro the
+>> time between the package install and having the entries listed in
+>> kmenu was almost instant.
+>>
+>> Is this a problem thats only related with rpm packagement or could it
+>> be improved so that the menus could appear after the install in kmenu
+>> (without having to wait about 10 seconds)?
+>>
+>> regards,
+>> Pedro
+>>
+>>    
+> I hadn't noticed that, but I'll look next time I install something.
+> It could be unrelated to rpm, but more how xdg is implemented in Mageia
+> vs Mint.
+> (Since both would use xdg with .desktop files.)
+> Mageia uses the same method with menus as Mandriva did, which
+> accommodates both Gnome (which I use) and KDE.  That could account for
+> the delay.
+
+That shouldn't really have an effect on the delay, it is just a
+different layout.
+
+Possibly
+a) Simple w didn't use KDE in Mint but another DE, which would affect
+   the speed (maybe the other DE detects changes more aggressively), or
+b) Mint somehow triggers menu update when a package is updated (not
+   as easy as one would think, as packages are updated by root
+   and menus are user-specific), or
+c) An interaction difference between apt and rpm which causes KDE to
+   detect menu file changes slower, or
+d) A KDE bug.
+
+> At least a 10-second delay isn't a major problem.
+
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+
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