Change Firefox desktop file
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
Summary
Recent Firefox desktop file (firefox.desktop) does not comply with DBus/Gnome search provider rules thus Firefox can't provide DBus Gnome search service.
We should change Firefox desktop file from firefox.desktop to org.mozilla.firefox.desktop.
Owner
- Name: Martin Stransky
- Email: <stransky@redhat.com>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 40
- Last updated: 2024-01-04
- Announced
- Discussion thread
- FESCo issue: #3134
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Firefox needs to provide desktop file in expected format to pair DBus service and Gnome search service together to make Gnome search service work.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
We'll fix already broken feature.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
Desktop file name is changed in Firefox 121.0.
- Other developers:
Fedora Workstation needs update Firefox desktop name (hardcoded in gnome-shell) to correctly place Firefox to Gnome taskbar as default application.
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number
No need to coordinate with rel-eng.
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Community Initiatives:
Upgrade/compatibility impact
Should not impact.
How To Test
1) Open Firefox 2) Type something to Gnome search 3) It works
Test also KDE/Plasma it doesn't crash (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2017123)
User Experience
Enabled Gnome shell search provider for Firefox.
Dependencies
None
Contingency Plan
- Revert desktop file name change in Firefox package.
- Blocks release? No