Xfce 4.4BETA1 - core packages

[SJM Arts]

----- Original Message -----
From: Biju Chacko <botsie at xfce.org>
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2006 1:07 pm
Subject: Re: Xfce 4.4BETA1 - core packages
> sofar wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:45:00 -0800, Oblio <apa.chioara at gmail.com> 
> wrote:>> Sorry to intervene in the dev discussions.
> >>
> >> After all this frantic activity, have the core Xfce package been 
> decided?>> Or are they the same, and Xarchiver, Xfburn Xfmedia are 
> extras? (I'd go
> >> with them as extras). Packagers might want to know.
> > 
> > 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 ;^)
> 
> My gut feel is to create 3 distributions:
> 
> * xfce-desktop
> * xfce-applications
> * xfce-previews
> 
> xfce-desktop would contain the libraries, the WM, the panel and 
> xfdesktop
> xfce-applications would contain thunar, xffm, mousepad, orage, 
> xfmedia 
> and any other stable applications.
> 
> xfce-previews would contain xfburn, xarchiver, xfc and any other 
> unintegrated or unstable software.
> 
> These three distros would have separate release dates and directories.
> 
> I believe we need to make the base desktop as small as possible.
> 
> -- b
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I think that is a great idea, but there has to be some rock-solid
documentation for all of that. I mean, you do not want to explain
to every visitor again-and-again you need thunar for xfdesktop icons.

... and more of those things ;)


Stephan