Re: Why has menu editing been removed?

[Mike Martin <redtuxxx yahoo co uk>]

 --- Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote: > On Tue, 2002-06-18
at 10:39, Mike Martin wrote:
> > <quote who="Mike Martin">
> > 
> > > >except menu editing works via the panel which is more than it
> ever
> > 
> > did via
> > >> nautilus
> > 
> > >It's the same system for both, just different interfaces.
> > >Regardless, 
> > >it's
> > >not going in. We're days from release.
> > 
> > >- Jeff
> > 
> > That not the point - why was it taken out?
> > , and we were days from release when it was taken out.
> > 
> > The system may be the same, but the panel worked and nautilus
> editing
> > didn't.
> > 
> > I can guarentee that aftyer all the work put in any reviewer is
> going
> > to say "but how can I edit menus?"
> > 
> > very depressing
> 
> 1) It was broken
> 
> 2) It was said on this mailing-list that we would disable it as it
> was
> broken.
> 
> Stop acting like you're discovering the facts, or (if you are
> indeed
> discovering the facts), read the mailing list archives so that you
> don't
> have to act surprised.
> 

Just when was this momentous decision announced - the last posting on
the subject was
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2002-June/msg00296.html

which also referred to a bug report #84555 for discussion where a
concensus not arrived at.

So yes I do follow the mailing list.




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