Bug#417998: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#417998: xfce4-panel: gnome-system-monitor as panel right-click entry

[Stephan Arts]

On 4/6/07, Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: xfce4-panel
> Version: 4.3.99.2-2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> windows users expect the "task manager" to be in the right-click menu on
> the "task bar".  in order to ease their transition and provide quick
> access to a useful tool thats used relatively often, it would be nice to
> have access to gnome-system-monitor in the xfce4-panel right-click menu.
>
> thank you for your consideration.


Well.. i am neither the panel-developer, nor a debian packager... but...

ARE YOU INSANE?!!!!!!!11

sorry, I lost it there... let me explain:

First of all: there is the xfce4-taskmanager (dunno if it's in the
debian repos yet)

Second:
Xfce4-panel is an xfce-core application. Adding the
gnome-system-monitor launcher to it would be a death-sin.
gnome-system-monitor depends on a lot of gnome-libs. using it with
xfce kind of beats the purpose. (Running Xfce in < 50MB of ram is
really out of the question then)

Third:
The right-click menu has a clear purpose aswell:
1) on the panel, it is for adding and removing plugins.
2) on a window-button in the taskbar, it is for performing operations
on that window (like closing it)

Conclusion:
There is absolutely no good reason to add this functionality to the panel.

I hope i made myself clear.

Regards,

Stephan.