Status of xfce 4

Net Llama! netllama at linux-sxs.org
Sat Mar 29 17:00:49 CET 2003


On 03/29/03 06:50, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> Here's my thoughts on the status of XFce 4. Is this anywhere near to
> other people's impression?
> 
> * libraries: ready
> 
> * settings manager and plugins: ready
> 
> * xfwm4: ready
> 
> * panel: ready
> 
> * xfdesktop: I think releasable, unless we _really_ want a menu editor
> 
> * xffm: steam-rolling ahead, not entirely finished yet (?)
> 
> * xfce-utils: ready, apart from finishing the credits page in
>   xfce4-about
> 
> * xfprint: haven't really tried it yet. Can't break much I guess,
>   so should be fine if it works as planned.
> 
> * xfibx: not even in CVS, but seems simple enough and doesn't seem to
>   break stuff. Would be nice to have, I think.
> 
> * documentation: Not finished by far. I think I would prefer to put all
>   documentation in a separate module. My feeling is that this will make
>   it easier to explain  how the desktop environment as a whole is 
>   supposed to work. 
> 
> Did I miss anything?

what about some kind of session manager?  i'm referring to the widget 
that remembers what i left running, when i logged out, and restarts it 
the next time (with the same geomety & placement)?  as of a CVS checkout 
from yesterday, i didn't see this working.

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