`xdg-utils` should use `qtxdg-mat` under LXQt

[tsujan]

This isn't a bug in LXQt but an urgent need.

Currently, xdg-open only uses open_generic under LXQt, causing troubles like https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/issues/1661.

@luis-pereira made qtxdg-mat. It should be used in xdg-open under LXQt.

[tsujan]

Also, you may want to take a look at https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/issues/1661#issuecomment-917721942

[luis-pereira]

Already wrote a complete patch to xdg-utils. Will publish it here next week. Wait for comments and reviews and after that submit it to upstream xdg-utils.

[luis-pereira]

@tsujan Real life get's in the way. But it's ready for testing, now. Pls try the enhance-lxqt-support branch at my fork from upstream xdg-utils.

After positive feedback I will make a merge request.

[tsujan]

@luis-pereira Many thanks!

I applied your patch (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/luis-pereira/xdg-utils/-/commit/d2adf5efdc259a63028f8d4f21569c1557b8cfff) to xdg-utils 1.1.3+19+g9816ebb. Everything seems OK; https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/issues/1661 isn't reproducible anymore.

I'll use it for a few days and report back.

[tsujan]

@stefonarch, could you also confirm that https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/luis-pereira/xdg-utils/-/commit/d2adf5efdc259a63028f8d4f21569c1557b8cfff fixes https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/issues/1661 without ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list?

[stefonarch]

Ok, looks like this filelight error doesn't show up anymore now. Will test for some days.

[tsujan]

@luis-pereira I haven't encountered any problem with your patch after three days.

[luis-pereira]

I haven't encountered any problem with your patch after three days.

Nice.

[luis-pereira]

@stefonarch Do you have any feedback on this ?

[tsujan]

In case you also want to know what I see here after 17 days, it's the same as before: have encountered no problem.

[stefonarch]

Sorry thought I'd said it somewhere: no issues encountered all those days.

[stefonarch]

After positive feedback I will make a merge request.

News about that?

[tsujan]

News about that?

@luis-pereira made the merge request 5 months ago: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/48. But apparently there's a problem ("Merge blocked: the source branch must be rebased onto the target branch.")

[luis-pereira]

@tsujan @stefonarch I will rebase after the weekend. There weren't any merge conflicts when I made the merge request.

[tsujan]

There weren't any merge conflicts when I made the merge request.

I know; saw it only today.

[luis-pereira]

Rebased.

[yan12125]

Upstream xdg-utils seems no so active. I'm afraid the patch will not be merged soon. I uploaded https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xdg-utils-lxqt, so users on Arch-like systems can use the patched version easily.

[tsujan]

Upstream xdg-utils seems no so active.

Can't we explicitly request a review there?

[yan12125]

I didn't find a button for requesting a reviewer on GitLab. I just pinged the one who merged recent merge requests and hopefully that will work. Both https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/29 and https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/42 were merged by https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/faure, on Dec 2020 and Feb 2022, respectively.

[tsujan]

We're out of luck; the patch has a conflict again: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/48

[luis-pereira]

Closed by commit https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/commit/91c8d8088238369590397523e8a0dec3b27c9af2

[tsujan]

Very good news! Now xdg-open is reliable under LXQt, through and besides qtxdg-mat :)