Clock and Datetime plugin merge

[Nick Schermer]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:02 AM, André Miranda <andreldm1989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As I have already proposed the merge of datetime and clock plugin on
> #xfce-dev, here is a comparison between them:
>
> What only clock has:
> - Timezone field
> - Multiple layouts:
>   - Digital, same as datetime
>   - Analog
>   - Binary
>   - Fuzzy
>   - LCD
>
> What only datetime has:
> - Display date
> - Set font
>
> What both have:
> - Format of tooltip
> - Display time :)
> - Display a calendar
>
> What both lack:
> - Set color(bug #9487)
> - Update time immediately after resume(bug #9785)
>
> These plugins are very similar, so users get confused and it's more code to
> maintain.
> So, I'd like to step up and merge them, actually taking the features of
> datetime(display date and set font) into clock.
> But before I start hacking, I'd like to hear your thoughts on this matter.
> Are there maintainer for these plugins?

I know the color only works with the digital+span format, but are we
not over engineering [bloat] something stupid as a clock?

Bug 9785 is the wrong approach. For some time we tried to fix unneeded
wake-up events and now we're undoing that? Auke will be pissed ;)

Nick