Re: Gnome startup applications and Guix updates

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 at 18:21, Daniel Hatton <dan.hatton@btinternet.com> wrote:

> Something that emerged from the recent "Gnome default web browser" 
> thread on here: it looks to me like, in general, if

I have not followed the discussion in this thread.  Do you mean

    Gnome default web browser
    Daniel Hatton <dan.hatton@btinternet.com>
    Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:15:30 +0000
    id:88266131-fd36-48da-bfb8-5876a4547bc4@btinternet.com
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2024-11
    88266131-fd36-48da-bfb8-5876a4547bc4@btinternet.com">https://yhetil.org/guix/88266131-fd36-48da-bfb8-5876a4547bc4@btinternet.com

?

> - an application is among Gnome's startup applications; and
> - the guix package manager upgrades the package for that application
>
> then the Gnome autostart system continues to point to the old version of 
> the application.

I am not sure to understand the question.  IIRC, Clément tries to
manage third-party packages of IceCat with Guix.  Well, I am not sure to
well understand, both your question and Clément work. :-)


Cheers,
simon