[Portland] Fwd: [Desktop_architects] Querying desktop settings like default browser and proxy configuration

[Fathi Boudra]

Hi

> So who is maintaining xdg-utils now and where should I send patches to?
> I'd like to join the development and have some new ideas about xdg-open.

Waldo Bastian, Rex Dieter and me are the current maintainers.
You should send your patch on freedesktop bug tracker:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/

> Besides, is it possible to write a freedesktop.org spec to store those
> settings in a common place rather than having this kind of wrapper?

As Dan explained in his initial post:
> While we wait for a final solution, perhaps a lightweight pragmatic wrapper, a la xdg-utils,
> is called for.

xdg-settings exists and not the spec.
Nothing prevent us to improve the current situation (improve current
script or write a spec).

cheers,

Fathi