Feature #7435: Add Tails OpenPGP Applet to the Applications menu

Feature #7435

Add Tails OpenPGP Applet to the Applications menu

Added by Anonymous 2014-06-22 00:17:27 . Updated 2019-03-08 14:59:52 .

Status:

Confirmed

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

nodens

Category:

Target version:

Start date:

2014-06-22

Due date:

% Done:

90%

Feature Branch:

Type of work:

Code

Blueprint:

Starter:

Affected tool:

OpenPGP Applet

Deliverable for:

Description

Either Accessories or System Tools (like MAT).

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - ~~Feature #7778~~: Have an easy way to use or discover Tails OpenPGP Applet from applications like the browser (context menu))	Rejected	2014-08-13
Related to Tails - ~~Bug #11781~~: Opening OpenPGP Applet multiple times creates as many icons in the task bar	Resolved	2016-09-04
Related to Tails - ~~Bug #11248~~: List applications that need more appropriate menu categories	Resolved	2016-03-16
Blocked by Tails - ~~Feature #10190~~: Install OpenPGP Applet from Debian	Resolved	2016-03-16

History

#1 Updated by BitingBird 2014-06-22 00:24:43

blocked by ~~Feature #7434~~: Design a main window for Tails OpenPGP Applet when used as a standalone application and not an applet added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-07-19 16:05:42

Status changed from New to Confirmed
Type of work changed from User interface design to Code

#3 Updated by nodens 2014-08-02 00:44:43

Assignee set to intrigeri
QA Check set to Info Needed

I plan to add a .Desktop file as part of the debian packaging.
It would be a pain to do in the perl packaging. Would that work ?

#4 Updated by nodens 2014-08-02 00:57:53

Assignee deleted (~~intrigeri~~)
QA Check deleted (~~Info Needed~~)

Sorry, didn’t see the dependency to ~~Feature #7434~~.

It will add a menu entry, but it will only allow to launch the applet (or a new instance of the applet). The D-Bus back-end would be needed so that launching the app would open the main windows.

I’ll still create the .desktop file but it’s only a small part of the work.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-02 10:09:59

> I plan to add a .Desktop file as part of the debian packaging.
> It would be a pain to do in the perl packaging. Would that work ?

Yes, definitely. That’s how we do it e.g. for tails-persistence-setup.

#6 Updated by BitingBird 2014-08-13 13:20:33

related to ~~Feature #7778~~: Have an easy way to use or discover Tails OpenPGP Applet from applications like the browser (context menu)) added

#7 Updated by nodens 2014-09-25 16:00:08

Assignee set to nodens

#8 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-04 17:40:01

Affected tool set to OpenPGP Applet

#9 Updated by BitingBird 2016-06-29 07:36:07

Is this still the case?

#10 Updated by nodens 2016-06-29 09:28:58

What is ? The absence of proper app with dbus backend ? If so, yes.

In the Debian package, the .desktop file exists and works. It is only needed to replace it with our own version (tor-enabled) when pulling it from Debian (~~Feature #10190~~, I see that you set it to in progress, thanks, I will work on it next week).

#11 Updated by nodens 2016-09-09 07:42:05

blocks deleted (~~~~Feature #7434~~: Design a main window for Tails OpenPGP Applet when used as a standalone application and not an applet~~)

#12 Updated by nodens 2016-09-09 07:44:36

blocked by ~~Feature #10190~~: Install OpenPGP Applet from Debian added

#13 Updated by nodens 2016-09-09 07:44:41

Will be fixed when ~~Feature #10190~~ is actually in Tails.

#14 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-10 04:30:13

Status changed from Confirmed to Fix committed
Target version set to Tails_2.6
% Done changed from 0 to 100

So this will be fixed in Tails 2.6.

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-10 05:31:44

related to ~~Bug #11781~~: Opening OpenPGP Applet multiple times creates as many icons in the task bar added

#16 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-10 08:16:33

Actually, ~~Bug #11781~~ shows that I got it wrong. There’s a reason why this ticket (Feature #7435) is a subtask of ~~Feature #7433~~: at least in the context of Tails, it makes no sense to have a launcher in the Applications menu, until there is actually something (else than the systray icon) to launch. So I’m going to follow-up on ~~Bug #11781~~ by proposing a patch that hides this launcher for the time being, until the rest of ~~Feature #7433~~ is done.

#17 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-10 08:33:36

Target version deleted (~~Tails_2.6~~)

We’ll want to revert commit:faab3ca9d486b13421f596fc8c0d9207cb6a64ac in tails.git, once we really want this here.

#18 Updated by sajolida 2016-09-11 02:50:48

The launcher is currently labelled “OpenPGP-Applet” while I think it should be “OpenPGP Applet” (like in the description of the package). I’m not sure what’s the proper way of translating this into Redmine. Shall I mark this ticket as “Confirmed” and “Dev Needed” again?

#19 Updated by intrigeri 2016-09-11 03:50:36

Status changed from Fix committed to In Progress

#20 Updated by nodens 2017-09-23 11:16:38

FYI, it’s fixed in the debian tree (pending next upload. I wouldn’t want to bother a sponsor for small stuff like this only ;) )

#21 Updated by Anonymous 2018-01-18 18:06:30

QA Check set to Info Needed

@nodens: So basically this is ready since four months but lacks a sponsor? i can sponsor your package. Can you assign this ticket to me if you still need a sponsor?

#22 Updated by nodens 2018-01-28 11:35:44

No, actually it’s been uploaded meanwhile (1.0-2).

It’s just the same issue as outlined in ~~Bug #14982~~: the fix is in debian (unstable and testing), but not in Tails since it requires updating the snapshot we use.
Once we move the “upstream” issues, the issues here will be changed to reflect this, and hopefully we can make clear what type of work is actually needed :D

#23 Updated by nodens 2018-01-28 14:50:42

Status changed from In Progress to Confirmed
Assignee deleted (~~nodens~~)
QA Check changed from Info Needed to Dev Needed

Changing the state so it has a chance of being actually fixed someday ;)

#24 Updated by nodens 2018-02-25 18:51:55

Hi,

OpenPGP applet is moving to its new home on https://salsa.debian.org/openpgp-applet-team/openpgp-applet

This issue has NOT been duplicated upstream, as it is a Tails-specific issue

This comment is just to prove it hasn’t been overlooked.

Cheers!

#25 Updated by intrigeri 2018-02-26 08:41:03

Assignee set to nodens
% Done changed from 100 to 90
QA Check changed from Dev Needed to Info Needed

nodens wrote:
> This issue has NOT been duplicated upstream, as it is a Tails-specific issue

I beg to disagree: this is an important part of ~~Feature #7433~~ aka. https://salsa.debian.org/openpgp-applet-team/openpgp-applet/issues/1. If that ever gets implemented upstream, we’ll need a .desktop file upstream, that allows starting the OpenPGP Applet without going through a systray icon. What do you think?

#26 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-18 13:41:21

related to ~~Bug #11248~~: List applications that need more appropriate menu categories added

#27 Updated by nodens 2018-08-27 16:09:56

Assignee changed from nodens to intrigeri

I’m not sure it warrant a separate issue, at this stage at least.

How about we just add something to https://salsa.debian.org/openpgp-applet-team/openpgp-applet/issues/1 ? it’s already implied by the description (app is hard to find), but it can be made more explicit.

#28 Updated by intrigeri 2018-08-30 04:52:35

Assignee changed from intrigeri to nodens

nodens wrote:
> I’m not sure it warrant a separate issue, at this stage at least.

Fair enough.

> How about we just add something to https://salsa.debian.org/openpgp-applet-team/openpgp-applet/issues/1 ? it’s already implied by the description (app is hard to find), but it can be made more explicit.

Sounds good!

FTR I still don’t understand why “it is a Tails-specific issue”, which is the part I was not agreeing with.

#29 Updated by intrigeri 2019-03-08 14:59:52

QA Check deleted (~~Info Needed~~)