Re: gnome-screensaver

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 09:39 +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Le jeudi 16 février 2006 à 09:47 -0500, William Jon McCann a écrit :
> >    + gnome-power-manager: people like it, but some mor work is needed,
> >      and more integration should be done. It won't go in for 2.14, but
> >      we'd like to see a good integration work starting soon for 2.16.
> > 
> > I submit that unless such a decision points to specific feature, 
> > robustness, or integration bugs it lacks validity.  Think of it this 
> > way: how is Richard supposed to know what to work on - or what if these 
> > can all be fixed within the day?  This is one reason why we have the 
> > same discussions every release cycle.
> > 
> > Let me address the primary concern that was given - lack of integration. 
> >   It is precisely because gnome-power-manager is well integrated that we 
> > are now having a discussion about whether gnome-screensaver should be 
> > excluded from GNOME 2.14 simply because it is well integrated with 
> > gnome-power-manager.
> 
> So, my personal concern about gnome-power-manager is lack of
> integration. What does it mean? gnome-power-manager provides a nice
> notification area icon. What is its relation to the battery status
> applet? It makes no sense to have both. This is a (big) integration
> issue, IMHO.
> 
g-p-m, if included, should, IMO, replace the battstat applet.
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>