TODO post 4.8

jp.guillemin jp.guillemin at free.fr
Mon Jan 17 14:23:37 CET 2011


On 01/17/2011 01:51 PM, Jérôme Guelfucci wrote:
> On 17/01/11 13:40, jp.guillemin wrote:
>> On 01/17/2011 12:30 PM, Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
>>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:19:02 +0100
>>> "jp.guillemin"<jp.guillemin at free.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would suggest to also add the Trash feature to xfdesktop asap, just
>>>> my 2 cents...
>>> I don't know what you mean. The trash works, the icon is just not
>>> updated when there are items in it. That's a known bug but the trash is
>>> there and it works (if GVfs is installed, that is).
>>
>> I rarely access the trash starting from Thunar, especially to empty it,
>> and that's not just me. When the Trash is handling some files while
>> still showing as "empty" on the Desktop : the "Empty Trash" desktop
>> right-click menu item is also disabled : This is not consistent, and a
>> very visible bug. Xfdesktop is also still carrying some other "visible"
>> bugs ... probably noticed very quickly by any new user or reviewer.
>>
>> btw : in my opinion : the "3rd thing" ( :) ) that will be noticed by a
>> new XFCE user is that launchers appear as "XXX.desktop" on the desktop
>> (ie : the file thethunarlancher.desktop will be shown as a
>> "thethunarlancher.desktop" launcher icon instead of a "Thunar" launcher
>> icon : this doesn't look "clean" imho.
>>
>> So if you tell me that XFCE 4.8 provides great improvements over 4.6.x :
>> obviously yes !
>>
>> but Xfdesktop is not finished, and Xfdesktop is the most "visible" part
>> of XFCE.
>>
>> JP
>>
>>> - Jannis
>
>
> Obviously, we won't be able to ship a perfect DE with a team 
> containing less than 5 individuals who have a limited time. Bugs have 
> been reported and will be worked on when time allows it (...)

Good :)

and be sure that I understand your point (same problem of resources here).

My main problem is to be able to get an idea about the delay , cause I 
can't release ZEnwalk 7.0 before the two main Xfdesktop bugs are fixed : 
it is a blocker for Zenwalk... :(

All the best :)
JP

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