attention needed on patch for session saving in panel plugin

Steve Dodier-Lazaro sidnioulz at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 09:39:48 CET 2014


(apologies for forgetting to type the mail object)

2014-11-18 8:39 GMT+00:00 Steve Dodier-Lazaro <sidnioulz at gmail.com>:
> Hi everyone,
>
> There's a (untested) patch sitting on a bug report for the actions
> button panel plugin, that allegedly fixes the plugin not respecting
> user preferences and forcing a session save. I've found a bunch of
> users complaining about this, and the patch is 5 lines so easily
> reviewed.
>
> Could any of the session developers confirm that this patch implements
> the same behaviour as the Xfce4-Session code? Else, what course of
> action should be taken to ensure consistent behaviour? Can the panel
> plugin be made to call a D-Bus interface to have the session shut down
> (it appears to me this would be the correct fix from reading the
> session code)?
>
> Xfce bug and patch: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7930
> Forum thread: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=8082
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Steve Dodier-Lazaro
> PhD Student in Information Security
> University College London
> Free Software Developer
> OpenPGP : 1B6B1670



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Steve Dodier-Lazaro
PhD Student in Information Security
University College London
Free Software Developer
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