On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 13:53, Hartnett wrote:
> Last night I tried to install Ximian desktop on a fresh test system of
> Red Hat 7.2.
> Why on earth would balsa, among a few other apps, be listed as a
> necessary removal to install Ximian desktop?
> Is Ximian trying to dictate what app to use? I currently feel there are
> shades of MS appearing.
> Hopefully I am wrong on this, but again what reason would balsa need to
> be removed, no information was offered as to why?
Usually that is because Balsa depends on a library which is going to be
upgraded. After the upgrade Balsa will not work, so it will be removed.
> I think an alternative method for Ximian install needs to be done.
> Give a sold reason as to why an app(s) needs to be removed, and also
> offer an alternative choice so that the listed app does not have to be
> removed. The app in question could be vary valuable to the user.
> For the most part I like the Ximian desktop and Evolution, (I also play
> with Balsa), though there are somethings with both items I would like to
> see changed, in particular the way Ximian mucks with the menu systems,
> leave them alone and just include rather then replace them.
If you right-click on the foot and select properties, you'll see that
Ximian GNOME does not replace the system menu, it instead adds another
set of menus. When I press on the foot, I get two Programs menus, one
from RedHat and one from Ximian. Ximian use a different menu tree as
the layout of their tree is different, and it means that all supported
Ximian distributions get the same menu tree.
Ross
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