Re: [java-gnome-hackers] Tests on the 4.1 branch

[Mat B. <mb...@fe...>]

On 8 May 2011 05:24, Andrew Cowie <an...@op...> wrote:
> I have a system that is now Ubuntu Natty (and therefore GTK 3 available)
> + GNOME 3 (from gnome 3 developers' PPA), and so I'm now able to finish
> getting our 4.1 release ready.
>
> Our test suite has two problems:
>
> 1. libnotify
>
> Our test connects to Nautilus. This made the assumption that Nautilus is
> always running, which it was on a GNOME 2 system since it draws the
> Desktop. But for some time now the Ubuntu Netbook Edition users have
> complained that they only have Nautilus running on-demand when they pull
> up a file browser. And since Canonical's Netbook code became Unity, I
> can only expect this to get worse.
>
> Meanwhile, it would seem based on my few days experience that GNOME 3
> behaves the same way; Nautilus only available on demand.
>
> So I'm going to have to deactivate
>
>        ValidateUniqueApplications.testIsNautilusRunning()
>        ValidateUniqueApplications.testSendToNautilus()
>


There is a setting in Gnome 3 called "Have file manager handle the
desktop" which you can turn on in gnome-tweak-tool. Would that solve
the problem?


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Mat Booth
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