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

[Ali Abdallah]

David Mohr wrote:
> 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?
>
>   
But the user has to "make install" anyway for icons, if you see this 
will make testing the software
easier, i will be happy to do it, but for now it is already good that 
the libglade dependency is removed.

> Just my 2 cents,
> ~David
>
>   

Cheers,
Ali.

>>> 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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