Re: My thoughts on fallback mode

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 11:38:14PM +0000, Sergey Udaltsov wrote:
> > to clarify: What exactly do you expect from the release team?
> Some more positive attitude to gnome-applets, first of all. Looking at
> the "gnome-applets" thread I got impression that RT was not going to
> accept gnome-applets under any circumstances. The message I got was
> "anyone is free to maintain gnome-applets compatible with upgraded
> gnome-panel - but gnome 3 is not going to include them regardless".
> Did I get it wrong? I am not saying I am ready to build them - but
> that denial position is a barrier for anyone to step up - because it
> would be a "personal hack project", nothing more. If gnome 3 is ready
> to accept gnome-applets (uplifted to new APIs) - that could encourage
> somebody.

I don't see gnome-applets as part of GNOME 3. But it doesn't mean we
cannot ship gnome-applets 3.x.

GNOME 3 is about gnome-shell. Gnome-applets will always be a fallback. A
fallback which includes gnome-applets would be nice. But it is a
still fallback.

So the statement: gnome 3 is not going to include them is wrong. I
already mentioned I expect a gnome-applets 3.x during GNOME 3.2
timeframe. However, officially it will stay as a fallback.

Meaning: If you want to develop something for GNOME 3, it should be an
extension to gnome-shell, not an applet.

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Regards,
Olav