field of an @code{operating-system} declaration (@pxref{operating-system
Reference, @code{services}}).
-Additionally, the @code{gnome-desktop-service},
+Additionally, the @code{gnome-desktop-service-type},
@code{xfce-desktop-service}, @code{mate-desktop-service-type} and
@code{enlightenment-desktop-service-type} procedures can add GNOME, XFCE, MATE
and/or Enlightenment to a system. To ``add GNOME'' means that system-level
utilities are added to the system, extending @code{polkit} and @code{dbus}
appropriately, allowing GNOME to operate with elevated privileges on a
limited number of special-purpose system interfaces. Additionally,
-adding a service made by @code{gnome-desktop-service} adds the GNOME
+adding a service made by @code{gnome-desktop-service-type} adds the GNOME
metapackage to the system profile. Likewise, adding the XFCE service
not only adds the @code{xfce} metapackage to the system profile, but it
also gives the Thunar file manager the ability to open a ``root-mode''
command ``XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland exec dbus-run-session
gnome-session``. Currently only GNOME has support for Wayland.
-@deffn {Scheme Procedure} gnome-desktop-service
-Return a service that adds the @code{gnome} package to the system
-profile, and extends polkit with the actions from
-@code{gnome-settings-daemon}.
-@end deffn
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} gnome-desktop-service-type
+This is the type of the service that adds the @uref{https://www.gnome.org,
+GNOME} desktop environment. Its value is a @code{gnome-desktop-configuration}
+object (see below.)
+
+This service adds the @code{gnome} package to the system profile, and extends
+polkit with the actions from @code{gnome-settings-daemon}.
+@end defvr
+
+@deftp {Data Type} gnome-desktop-configuration
+Configuration record for the GNOME desktop environment.
+
+@table @asis
+@item @code{gnome} (default @code{gnome})
+The GNOME package to use.
+@end table
+@end deftp
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} xfce-desktop-service
Return a service that adds the @code{xfce} package to the system profile,
(operating-system
...
;; cons* adds items to the list given as its last argument.
- (services (cons* (gnome-desktop-service)
+ (services (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
(xfce-desktop-service)
%desktop-services))
...)
(service-extension profile-service-type
(compose list
gnome-package))))
+ (default-value (gnome-desktop-configuration))
(description "Run the GNOME desktop environment.")))
-(define* (gnome-desktop-service #:key (config (gnome-desktop-configuration)))
+(define-deprecated (gnome-desktop-service #:key (config
+ (gnome-desktop-configuration)))
+ gnome-desktop-service-type
"Return a service that adds the @code{gnome} package to the system profile,
and extends polkit with the actions from @code{gnome-settings-daemon}."
(service gnome-desktop-service-type config))