On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:17 AM, Len Ovens <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is what the panel looks like after my mods so far: > > http://www.ovenwerks.net/UStudiodocs/panel.html > > Having said that... I think we should remove the second panel all > together. The reason being that we can not maintain it. Any changes we > make to the master file that defines the panel(s) will only be seen by a > new user or on a fresh install. An upgrade will not change the user's > panel because the first time you log into a session after your account is > created the panel spec is copied to your home folder in .config/ > > So if we stop shipping an app that is in the panel because it is outdated > and no longer in repo, the panel will show a blank button that doesn't > work. The new app we replace it with won't show up even though we have > added it to the new panel template. > > We could replace each user's panel def file at upgrade, but this would be > annoying to the user if they have placed their panel else where, added > their own customizations etc. Bad idea. > > We could try parsing the file looking for apps we have removed and remove > the icons that go with them.... but, they are not named... when the panel > config is moved into the user's .conf/dir the *.desktop files are copied > there too, but not with there same names, rather they become a random > number file name and the panel config reflects this. We would have to > clean up these desktop files too... is this sounding painful yet? > > My opinion is that we should get rid of the second panel while we can... > those who upgrade fro oneiric are already stuck with the xfce stock panel > that shipped with. > i think you have done a great job on this panel len... i agree 100%.. we've never had a dock/panel, and although i usually set one up very similar in look and feel on my production machine, i feel like its one more thing to maintain, and one more thing that can not possibly please everyone. i vote no panel as well, but i like where you are going with it len if we end up shipping one.. thanks! -- > Len Ovens > www.OvenWerks.net > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > -- MH mikeholstein.info <http://www.mikeholstein.info/>
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