[Goodies-dev] ANN: xfce4-power-manager version 0.8.1 released

[David Mohr]

On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Ali Abdallah<aliov at xfce.org> wrote:
> Mike Massonnet wrote:
>>
>> Hi ali,
>>
>> Le jeudi 02 juillet 2009 15:41:58, aliov at xfce.org a écrit :
>>
>>>
>>> I'm happy to announce a new release of the Xfce power manager, this
>>> release is not a bug fix (no bugs 'yet' found for 0.8.0), it is a
>>> maintenance release with minor new options.
>>>
>>> For the complete list of changes see the ChangeLog, but in summary:
>>>
>>> * Remove libglade dependency and use GtkBuilder instead (needs make
>>> install in order to ui file to be installed in place).
>>>
>>
>> The ui file should be converted from XML to a C header source, and that
>> header file should then be included in the source, this way (like done in
>> the many dialogs from the settings manager) there is no need to install such
>> a file.
>>
>
> Lot of gnome projects use this approach (install the ui files), i don't see
> any problem here.

I'd say it's not a problem, but it does make testing the software much
easier. Especially if you want people to try trunk, it always is a
pain with these runtime requirements. If it's not too much trouble,
why not make it easier for the user?

Just my 2 cents,
~David

>> Mike
>>
>
> Cheers,
> Ali.
>
>>
>>>
>>> * Add lock screen option on lid event.
>>> * Use Generic value for storing and retrieving configuration instead of
>>> individual variables.
>>> * Don't allow brightness timeout to be less than DPMS sleep timeout.
>>> * Change the brightness popup indicator style.
>>>
>>> Translation updates:
>>> * Spanish Elega.
>>> * Urdu Muhammad Ali Makki
>>> * Czech by Michal Várady
>>>
>>> Apart from possible bugfixes release, this will be the last HAL based
>>> release. next release will be devkit power based.
>>>
>>> Download this release:
>>>
>>>  http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-power-manager/xfce4-power-manager-0.
>>> 8.1.tar.bz2
>>>
>>> Changelog:
>>>  http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-power-manager/ChangeLog
>>>
>>> Project website:
>>>  http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-power-manager/
>>>
>>
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