[Debian-hebrew-package] GNOME 3 and panel applets

[kobi zamir]

hspell-gui - does not need the applet, just disable gnome-panel support.

hdate-applet - has a none-complete support for using the notification area
hdate-icon. we need to disable gnome-panel support, and use the hdate-icon
notification area icon.

kobi

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:

> [Bcc: all maintainers of GNOME applets]
>
> Hi,
>
> as it was already mentioned for other reasons, GNOME 3 is just around
> the corner, and there are some big changes ahead. DO NOT PANIC: the
> current desktop with gnome-panel and metacity will remain as an
> alternative. Anyone wanting to troll about how gnome-shell sucks is
> invited to do so elsewhere, since the topic here is gnome-panel.
>
> The panel remains, but it will be a GTK3 / D-Bus panel. In its current
> state, it doesn’t support the good old GTK2 / bonobo applets, of which
> we have a lot in the archive. Upstream confirmed they don’t have time to
> support them for 3.0 unless someone steps up to do the job.
>
> If you develop, maintain or use one of those packages, and you don’t
> want it to disappear, your options are now:
>
>     1. Prepare to disable gnome-panel support (that’s for packages
>        which already have other options, such as using the notification
>        area).
>     2. If meaningful (it depends on the applet), switch to another
>        technology such as libappindicator or the notification area.
>     3. Port your applet to GTK3 and the new D-Bus API. The bindings for
>        Python and C# will probably not work either, so you might have
>        to start with them.
>     4. Step up and do the work to add support for bonobo applets in the
>        panel.
>
> Option 4 is the only way to keep all applets with low maintenance in
> Debian. It should be possible by developing a gateway D-Bus service that
> loads a bonobo applet in a process separate from the panel and proxies
> signals through it. If you are interested, please get in touch with
> upstream. If no one is interested, a large portion of the following list
> is going to leave the archive.
>
>
> David Villa Alises <David.Villa at uclm.es>
>   ows
>
> Sebastien Bacher <seb128 at debian.org>
>   lock-keys-applet
>   mboxcheck-applet
>   netspeed
>
> Vincent Bernat <bernat at debian.org>
>   xnee
>
> Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>
>   tracker
>   vinagre (U)
>
> Laurent Bigonville <bigon at debian.org>
>   gnome-mag (U)
>
> Salvatore Bonaccorso <salvatore.bonaccorso at gmail.com>
>   giplet
>
> Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org>
>   link-monitor-applet
>
> Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at debian.org>
>   hdate-applet (U)
>
> LI Daobing <lidaobing at debian.org>
>   lunar-applet
>
> Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>   deskbar-applet
>   gnome-mag (U)
>   gnome-main-menu (U)
>   gnome-netstatus (U)
>   gnome-utils
>   hamster-applet (U)
>   mousetweaks (U)
>   netspeed (U)
>   ontv (U)
>   seahorse-plugins (U)
>   tsclient
>   vinagre (U)
>
> Debian Hebrew Packaging Team <
> debian-hebrew-package at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>   hdate-applet
>   hspell-gui
>
> Debian Xfce Maintainers <pkg-xfce-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>   xfce4-xfapplet-plugin
>
> Barry deFreese <bddebian at comcast.net>
>   xnee (U)
>
> Sebastian Dröge <slomo at debian.org>
>   deskbar-applet (U)
>   gnome-mag (U)
>   gnome-netstatus (U)
>   gnome-utils (U)
>   hamster-applet (U)
>   mousetweaks (U)
>   ontv (U)
>   seahorse-plugins (U)
>   service-discovery-applet
>   vinagre (U)
>
> Diego Fernández Durán <diego at goedi.net>
>   quick-lounge-applet
>
> Baruch Even <baruch at debian.org>
>   hdate-applet (U)
>   hspell-gui (U)
>
> Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz at debian.org>
>   remmina-gnome
>
> Anthony Fok <foka at debian.org>
>   lunar-applet (U)
>
> Pedro Fragoso <ember at ubuntu.com>
>   hamster-applet
>
> Filippo Giunchedi <filippo at esaurito.net>
>   sensors-applet (U)
>
> Rudy Godoy <rudy at kernel-panik.org>
>   xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (U)
>
> Gustavo Iñiguez Goya <ga at kutxa.homeunix.org>
>   gnome-inm-forecast
>
> Fabian Greffrath <fabian at debian-unofficial.org>
>   glunarclock (U)
>
> Debian QA Group <packages at qa.debian.org>
>   ddccontrol
>   gnome-pilot
>
> Jeremy Guitton <debotux at free.fr>
>   ontv
>
> Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org>
>   window-picker-applet
>
> Jerry Haltom <wasabi at larvalstage.net>
>   gnome-netstatus
>
> Clement 'nodens' Hermann <clement.hermann at free.fr>
>   tsclient (U)
>
> Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog at debian.org>
>   indicator-applet (U)
>
> Simon Huggins <huggie at earth.li>
>   xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (U)
>
> Lior Kaplan <kaplan at debian.org>
>   hdate-applet (U)
>   hspell-gui (U)
>
> Philipp Kern <pkern at debian.org>
>   timer-applet
>
> Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org>
>   gnome-main-menu
>
> Kilian Krause <kilian at debian.org>
>   tsclient (U)
>
> Mario Lang <mlang at debian.org>
>   gnome-mag (U)
>
> John Lightsey <lightsey at debian.org>
>   apt-watch
>
> Martin Loschwitz <madkiss at debian.org>
>   xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (U)
>
> Francois Marier <francois at debian.org>
>   verbiste
>   workrave
>
> Fladischer Michael <FladischerMichael at fladi.at>
>   panflute
>
> Robert Millan <rmh.debian at aybabtu.com>
>   gnote
>
> Loic Minier <lool at dooz.org>
>   computertemp (U)
>   gnome-mag (U)
>   gnome-netstatus (U)
>   gnome-utils (U)
>   netspeed (U)
>   service-discovery-applet (U)
>   tsclient (U)
>
> Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu at debian.org>
>   deskbar-applet (U)
>   gnome-main-menu (U)
>   gnome-utils (U)
>   hamster-applet (U)
>   mousetweaks (U)
>   ontv (U)
>   seahorse-plugins
>   vinagre
>
> Sam Morris <sam at robots.org.uk>
>   sensors-applet
>
> Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org>
>   deskbar-applet (U)
>   gnome-mag (U)
>   gnome-netstatus (U)
>   gnome-utils (U)
>   hamster-applet (U)
>   mousetweaks
>   netspeed (U)
>   seahorse-plugins (U)
>   tsclient (U)
>   vinagre (U)
>
> Jose M. Moya <josem at debian.org>
>   gai
>   shermans-aquarium
>
> Francesco Namuri <francesco at namuri.it>
>   drapes
>
> Kiwamu Okabe <kiwamu at debian.or.jp>
>   uim
>
> Barak A. Pearlmutter <bap at debian.org>
>   gnome-randr-applet
>
> Adriaan Peeters <apeeters at lashout.net>
>   computertemp
>
> Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at corsac.net>
>   xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (U)
>
> Frederic Peters <fpeters at debian.org>
>   gnome-blog
>
> Ari Pollak <ari at debian.org>
>   hardware-monitor
>
> Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals <rainct at ubuntu.com>
>   webboard
>
> Python Applications Packaging Team <
> python-apps-team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>   panflute (U)
>
> Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar at debian.org>
>   xpenguins-applet
>
> Rogerio Reis <rvr at debian.org>
>   gspot
>
> Emanuele Rocca <ema at debian.org>
>   xfce4-xfapplet-plugin (U)
>
> Daniel Ruoso <daniel at ruoso.com>
>   gnome-mag
>
> Changwoo Ryu <cwryu at debian.org>
>   imhangul-status-applet
>
> Shachar Shemesh <shachar at debian.org>
>   hdate-applet (U)
>   hspell-gui (U)
>
> Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov at debian.org>
>   gnome-utils (U)
>
> Adam Sjøgren <asjo at koldfront.dk>
>   bubblemon
>
> Soeren Sonnenburg <sonne at debian.org>
>   cpufire-applet
>
> Christine Spang <christine at debian.org>
>   glunarclock
>
> Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b at gmail.com>
>   file-browser-applet
>   indicator-applet (U)
>
> Roland Stigge <stigge at antcom.de>
>   gnubiff
>
> TANIGUCHI Takaki <takaki at debian.org>
>   g2ipmsg
>
> The Ayatana Packagers <pkg-ayatana-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
>   indicator-applet
>
> Davide Truffa <davide at catoblepa.org>
>   glipper
>
> Bastian Venthur <venthur at debian.org>
>   byzanz
>
> Stefan Völkel <stefan at bc-bd.org>
>   revelation
>
> Ian Wienand <ianw at debian.org>
>   teatime
>
> Deng Xiyue <manphiz-guest at users.alioth.debian.org>
>   gnome-netstatus (U)
>
> Cheers,
> --
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