Re: [gnome-flashback] Regressions from previous gnome-panel releases

[Alkis Georgopoulos <alkisg gmail com>]

Στις 09/01/2014 11:53 πμ, ο/η Dmitry Shachnev έγραψε:
> Hi Alkis,

Hi Dmitry, thanks for the feedback, see inline:

> Strange, I don't see any major changes to gnome-applications.menu in
> the latest versions:
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-menus/log/layout/gnome-applications.menu

Here's the (big) diff I see from 12.04 to 14.04:
http://paste.debian.net/75279/

> Can you please name a specific app that changed location after that file update?

Sure:
 * Most of the gnome "Accessories" like Calculator, Character map, 
Terminal etc were moved to the new "Utilities" category.
 * Some of them, like gedit, nautilus etc stayed in "Accessories".
 * Universal Access → Orca Screen Reader was moved to the new "Sundry" 
category.
 * System Tools →  Preferences → Personal File Sharing was moved to the 
new "Other" category.
 * The "System Settings" category is new in 14.04 too.
 * There are many many other changes, I just listed a few of them.

All those categories (first level menus) weren't visible or didn't exist 
at all in 12.04, they were introduced after this:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694131
...where I see comments that probably mean that these categories weren't 
really ready to be committed yet:
"Uhm, except for the first patch, the series was not actually meant to 
be committed literally."


> Also, using a tool like alacarte can fix the problem for you.

We're maintaing 500+ schools, alacarte wouldn't help much, but we can 
dpkg-divert that file and ship the old one in one of our packages.
We do have workarounds for almost all of the issues I mention here, but 
I think that proper solutions are better than local workarounds...

> > 3) The panel doesn't get re-aligned on resolution changes (or when plugging
> > external monitors).
> > I think I saw a patch in git for that, after 3.8.0...
>
> Which particular commit? 66f077722a12e4? I can backport it in Ubuntu
> if you want.

Yes, 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-panel/commit/?id=66f077722a12e44f35dadec8a6e03c3a0e039f86 
- thank you.


> > 4) When I try to move applets, they get stuck in the top left side.
> > I think I saw a patch in git for that too.
>
> Again, which one?

I can't find it in git, I may have seen it in the mailing list, I'll 
look again, but that's one of the least important ones.


> Ubuntu's patched versions of nm-applet and pidgin *should* show in
> indicator-applet-complete. You are probably using your own builds or
> something like that.

No, just a regular and up-to-date 14.04 installation.
I can verify that with a daily live CD if needed.


Thanks a lot,
Alkis