[Mageia-dev] GNOME 2 panel applets

[Olav Vitters]

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.

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Regards,
Olav