Xfce 4.4BETA1 - core packages

[Oblio]

This could be a sensitive issue, but it shouldn't be. It's just that I know
all the distributions have a "core", "main", or something they support
fully.

The whole thing here is: which packages are show-stoppers - which are the
ones which would prevent the Xfce team from a release?

Because, although everyone would like Xfce to support
insert_favorite_GTK2_app_here, it _will_ come back to haunt the devs after
the release :)
As a sort of example, I wonder just how many questions about using Rox-filer
as a desktop they answered till now (because it's sometimes associated with
Xfce, mostly in online screenshots),  though it's not even closely related
with Xfce... Now the thought of having more packages in the Xfce core
shouldn't be so glorious for a dev :))


this is afaics a tough question which might need some more thought
>
> - xfburn (as JF said) is not stable yet and will stay -extra
> - being dependent on xine I think xfmedia will stay -extra too (brian?)
> - xarchiver is definately -extra since no physical work has been done to
> integrate it in Xfce. This will need more time
>
> I'm not sure what the position on thunar is now that it's rapidly
> approaching beta (all hail Benny). Having both xffm and thunar in the core
> packages poses a problem that is hard to solve. I'm sure this e-mail will
> already stir things up - so lets think it over a bit ;^)
>
> Auke
>
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