Review Request 129004: Offer to install kipi if it is not installed

[Jonathan Riddell]

> On Sept. 23, 2016, 5:07 p.m., Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
> > I'd say it would be much simpler to do `QDesktopServices::openUrl("appstream:/photolayoutseditor.desktop")`, which will open Discover/GnomeSoftware/whatever.
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> Jonathan Riddell wrote:
>     This is what Harald suggested and I was thinking of doing an alternative with that to compare.
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>     But running xdg-open appstream:/photolayoutseditor.desktop  just opens Discover as if opened normally and installs nothing (same when using QDesktopServices::openUrl).
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>     Also I wonder if distros would prefer a runtime dep on discover to a compiletime dep on PK and appstream.
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>     Also I'm not convinced it's simpler from a programming view, Packagekit allows for some API to check it's succeeded or not, using plasma-discover would need to check return codes and/or file watches on plugin directories which is just as difficult to program and probably less reliable.

<Sho_> it opened discover for me
<Sho_> discover didn't do much with it and looks kinda broken
says Eike on Fedora, so not just me

also whenever I asked about it a year ago in the office you said to just use packagekit :)


- Jonathan


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On Sept. 23, 2016, 5:04 p.m., Jonathan Riddell wrote:
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> (Updated Sept. 23, 2016, 5:04 p.m.)
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> Review request for Gwenview and Aleix Pol Gonzalez.
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> Repository: gwenview
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> Description
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> Use Appstream and Packagekit to offer to install Kipi plugins if they are not already installed
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> Diffs
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>   CMakeLists.txt 82b219a 
>   app/CMakeLists.txt ed77d7c 
>   app/kipiexportaction.cpp cd74b6a 
>   app/kipiinterface.h 1c06cd4 
>   app/kipiinterface.cpp 04dccb3 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/129004/diff/
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> Testing
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> compile without appstream/packagekit, works same as before
> compile with them it adds a menu entry to install it.  This pops up a progressdialog while packagekit installs it.  on install the menu gets reloaded with new plugins
> (note this doesn't work on neon currently because libkipi-data installs the dummy test plugins so it considers kipi-plugins to be installed, delete those before trying)
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> Thanks,
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> Jonathan Riddell
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