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

[Michael Gilbert]

On 4/6/07, Stephan Arts wrote:
> 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 should have been clearer, my intent was to suggest this
functionality as an addition to the xfce panel "task bar" right-click
menu.  this would parallel the windows "task bar" right-click menu.

> I hope i made myself clear.

yes, and to excess.

later