On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 13:53, Hartnett wrote:
Last night I tried to install Ximian desktop on a fresh test system of Red Hat 7.2. Why on earth would balsa, among a few other apps, be listed as a necessary removal to install Ximian desktop? Is Ximian trying to dictate what app to use? I currently feel there are shades of MS appearing. Hopefully I am wrong on this, but again what reason would balsa need to be removed, no information was offered as to why?
Usually that is because Balsa depends on a library which is going to be upgraded. After the upgrade Balsa will not work, so it will be removed.
I think an alternative method for Ximian install needs to be done. Give a sold reason as to why an app(s) needs to be removed, and also offer an alternative choice so that the listed app does not have to be removed. The app in question could be vary valuable to the user. For the most part I like the Ximian desktop and Evolution, (I also play with Balsa), though there are somethings with both items I would like to see changed, in particular the way Ximian mucks with the menu systems, leave them alone and just include rather then replace them.
If you right-click on the foot and select properties, you'll see that Ximian GNOME does not replace the system menu, it instead adds another set of menus. When I press on the foot, I get two Programs menus, one from RedHat and one from Ximian. Ximian use a different menu tree as the layout of their tree is different, and it means that all supported Ximian distributions get the same menu tree. Ross -- Ross Burton Software Engineer OneEighty Software Ltd Tel: +44 20 8680 8712 Cygnet House Fax: +44 20 8680 8453 12-14 Sydenham Road r burton 180sw com Croydon, Surrey CR9 2ET, UK http://www.180sw.com./ ==================================================================== Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000 together with any and all Regulations in force pursuant to the Act OneEighty Software Ltd reserves the right to monitor any or all incoming or outgoing communications as provided for under the Act
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