<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hey there Andre,<div><br></div><div>It's not uncommon for users to choose another file manager over Thunar, and we even promote it as a standard use-case (see Preferred Apps having a default file manager option).</div><div>It's far less common for users to use alternative desktop applications or services, and I think that's what this project identifies and tries to support.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not opposed to adopting this as an Xfce project, as I think there is a real, albeit smaller, need for this kind of project.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Sean</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:08 PM André Miranda <<a href="mailto:andre42m@gmail.com">andre42m@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>That's a really interesting project, but it seems to fill a very specific niche, users of Xfdesktop that don't want to use Thunar.</div><div>While Xfce strives to be modular and allows users to mix and match its components as they see fit, I think that Xfdesktop has a soft dependency on Thunar, which can be disabled with --disable-desktop-icons and --disable-thunarx.</div><div>At this point it would be better to just use feh or something similar, if you still want Xfdesktop + icons, that's not possible without Thunar, unless you use a workaround like your project.</div><div><br></div><div>Even though I appreciate your effort and understand your motivations, I don't think it makes sense as an Xfce project because it solves a very very specific problem.</div><div>I may be wrong, if people from other places find it useful I can change my opinion. Also if other Xfce dev agrees in adopting your project, I won't oppose.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As for the package name, I don't see any problem using "xfce4-", as long as you don't advertise it as an official project.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Andre Miranda<br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 5:20 PM Thomas Castleman <<a href="mailto:contact@draugeros.org" target="_blank">contact@draugeros.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Forgot to include the link. Sorry about that.
<a href="https://github.com/drauger-os-development/xfce4-desktop-service" target="_blank">https://github.com/drauger-os-development/xfce4-desktop-service</a> <br>
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<p>Hey everyone!</p>
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<p>I have been working on a package that I am calling (for now)
xfce4-desktop-service.</p>
<p>The purpose of this package is to provide the D-Bus service
Thunar normally provides if Thunar is not present. Essentially,
allowing users to have whatever file manager they want, and have
desktop icons. That way, they don't need multiple file managers
installed.</p>
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<p>I am wanting to make this package part of the official Xfce
project, that way it will be easier to get it up-stream for
others to use.</p>
<p>It is currently written in Python, and I am still working on
getting a couple small bugs out. But for the most part it is
working correctly.</p>
<p>If I need to convert it to C to have it included in Xfce that's
fine. If i could have some help doing that, that would be
fantastic as I'm a little rusty on C/C++.</p>
<p>If it doesn't get pulled into Xfce, is it alright if I leave
the package name, or will I be required to change it?</p>
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<p>Thanks!<br>
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