[Mageia-dev] GNOME 2 panel applets

Mon Jan 2 15:26:22 CET 2012

On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 06:05:34AM -0500, andre999 wrote:
+> Olav Vitters a écrit :
+> >Inhttps://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1133, the reporter is asking
+> >to add dockbarx, a panel applet for GNOME 2.
+> >
+> >Being involved with GNOME, in my opinion this is a WONTFIX. There is no
+> >GNOME 2 in Mageia, and GNOME 3 fallback mode might go away, plus the
+> >panel API changed slightly (because it uses dbus now instead of bonobo).
+> >
+> >No clue if dockbarx works with fallback mode btw.
+> 
+> Some users report that it does, both in gnome-panel and standalone mode.
+> >What do others think?
+
+I don't really understand your post, could you clarify a bit?
+
+> My first reaction was, being a Gnome user myself, that if everything
+> is as stated, I tend to agree.
+> But following the links, as well as working under gnome-shell, and
+> having a stand-alone mode, it works with compiz (which will appeal
+> to some users), and there are ports under development for gtk3 and
+> xfce.
+
+What works with compiz? GNOME shell does not. You mean dockbarx? It is
+an applet, right? How would it be able to work with GNOME shell? What do
+you mean with stand-alone mode?
+
+> It seems to be a sort of configurable icon-based menu system.
+> There is no feature list as such, nor proposed new features, so it
+> is a little uncertain what are it's limitations.
+> But why not ?
+
+Why not: if GNOME 2: will not work. If GNOME 3 API: fallback mode will
+likely be removed. So you're adding something wile you might not have it
+for long.
+
+Just asking for input btw. If others think it is a good idea, then I'll
+just not close the bug.
+
+-- 
+Regards,
+Olav
+