Olav Vitters a écrit :
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?
OK
I followed the link in the bug report, to various other links.
According to the developers, the dockbarx works as an applet in
gnome-panel, as well as a stand-alone mode, not requiring gnome-panel.
They have images on their site of various themes available, some in
standalone mode, super-imposed on the gnome-panel.
As well, the developers are porting dockbarx to gtk3 and xfce.
There are various links to user comments. Some of these links confirm
variously that dockbarx works under gnome-classic, in both gnome-panel
and stand-alone mode.
Note that most of the feedback was from ubuntu users, which from the
comments seems to be on Gnome3.
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?
Right
It is
an applet, right? How would it be able to work with GNOME shell? What do
you mean with stand-alone mode?
As noted above and in my initial comment (which obviously wasn't clear),
there is a stand-alone mode which does not require Gnome panel
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.
Firstly, the fallback mode will be around for a little while.
And the developers are working on ports to gtk3 and xfce, so assuming
that that continues, dockbarx won't be dependant on fallback mode.
However, projects don't always continue, even although it was started in
2009, and under development in November.
BTW, the developers do mention that dockbarx will require some changes
to work directly under the Gnome 3 api.
Also, I understand that this is not immediately evident, as they don't
have a feature list on their site, nor a development milestone. Their
site could use a little more coherence.
I'm not necessarily saying that we should import it.
Only that it is not restricted to Gnome 2. In the short term with
fallback mode, and according to the long-term goals of the developers.
If everyone else thinks that we should say wontfix for now, I don't have
a problem with that.
Just asking for input btw. If others think it is a good idea, then I'll
just not close the bug.
Regards :)
--
André
