services: Deprecate 'xfce-desktop-service'.

* gnu/services/desktop.scm (xfce-desktop-service-type)[default-value]
[description]: New fields.
(xfce-desktop-service): Deprecate.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Use the (service …) form.
* gnu/installer/services.scm (%desktop-environments): Add TODO comment.
* doc/guix.texi (Desktop Services): Adjust accordingly, and fix spelling
of "Xfce" throughout.
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@ -14395,7 +14395,7 @@ The @code{(gnu services desktop)} module provides services that are
usually useful in the context of a ``desktop'' setup---that is, on a
machine running a graphical display server, possibly with graphical user
interfaces, etc. It also defines services that provide specific desktop
environments like GNOME, XFCE or MATE.
environments like GNOME, Xfce or MATE.
To simplify things, the module defines a variable containing the set of
services that users typically expect on a machine with a graphical
@ -14422,14 +14422,14 @@ Reference, @code{services}}).
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
@code{enlightenment-desktop-service-type} procedures can add GNOME, Xfce, MATE
and/or Enlightenment to a system. To ``add GNOME'' means that system-level
services like the backlight adjustment helpers and the power management
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-type} adds the GNOME
metapackage to the system profile. Likewise, adding the XFCE service
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''
file management window, if the user authenticates using the
@ -14470,12 +14470,25 @@ 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,
and extends polkit with the ability for @code{thunar} to manipulate the
file system as root from within a user session, after the user has
authenticated with the administrator's password.
@end deffn
@defvr {Scheme Variable} xfce-desktop-service-type
This is the type of a service to run the @uref{Xfce, https://xfce.org/}
desktop environment. Its value is an @code{xfce-desktop-configuration} object
(see below.)
This service that adds the @code{xfce} package to the system profile, and
extends polkit with the ability for @code{thunar} to manipulate the file
system as root from within a user session, after the user has authenticated
with the administrator's password.
@end defvr
@deftp {Data Type} xfce-desktop-configuration
Configuration record for the Xfce desktop environment.
@table @asis
@item @code{xfce} (default @code{xfce})
The Xfce package to use.
@end table
@end deftp
@deffn {Scheme Variable} mate-desktop-service-type
This is the type of the service that runs the @uref{https://mate-desktop.org/,
@ -14508,9 +14521,9 @@ The enlightenment package to use.
@end table
@end deftp
Because the GNOME, XFCE and MATE desktop services pull in so many packages,
Because the GNOME, Xfce and MATE desktop services pull in so many packages,
the default @code{%desktop-services} variable doesn't include any of
them by default. To add GNOME, XFCE or MATE, just @code{cons} them onto
them by default. To add GNOME, Xfce or MATE, just @code{cons} them onto
@code{%desktop-services} in the @code{services} field of your
@code{operating-system}:
@ -14521,7 +14534,7 @@ them by default. To add GNOME, XFCE or MATE, just @code{cons} them onto
...
;; cons* adds items to the list given as its last argument.
(services (cons* (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
(xfce-desktop-service)
(service xfce-desktop-service)
%desktop-services))
...)
@end example

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@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
(snippet '(service gnome-desktop-service-type)))
(desktop-environment
(name "Xfce")
;; TODO: Use 'xfce-desktop-service-type' when the 'guix' package provides
;; it with a default value.
(snippet '(xfce-desktop-service)))
(desktop-environment
(name "MATE")

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@ -945,10 +945,13 @@ and extends polkit with the actions from @code{mate-settings-daemon}."
"thunar")
xfce-package))
(service-extension profile-service-type
(compose list
xfce-package))))))
(compose list xfce-package))))
(default-value (xfce-desktop-configuration))
(description "Run the Xfce desktop environment.")))
(define* (xfce-desktop-service #:key (config (xfce-desktop-configuration)))
(define-deprecated (xfce-desktop-service #:key (config
(xfce-desktop-configuration)))
xfce-desktop-service-type
"Return a service that adds the @code{xfce} package to the system profile,
and extends polkit with the ability for @code{thunar} to manipulate the file
system as root from within a user session, after the user has authenticated

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@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with
;; NetworkManager, and more.
(services (append (list (service gnome-desktop-service-type)
(xfce-desktop-service))
(service xfce-desktop-service))
%desktop-services))
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.