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Date:      Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:16:58 +0200
From:      Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com>
To:        pav@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: please test gdesklets-0.30 on 4.x
Message-ID:  <41232C9A.1010700@webonaut.com>
In-Reply-To: <1092676150.52903.5.camel@hood.oook.cz>
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Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> V po, 16. 08. 2004 v 18:57, Franz Klammer píše:
> 
> 
>>>calendar
>>>
>>>can't load sensor Calendar. 
>>>
>>
>>found a solution/workaround:
>>Calendar try to import a module that doesn't exist any more in 0.30.
>>
>>attached a patch (hi! mezz ;-)).
>>
>>think we should not remove gdesklets-0.26 from ports tree instead
>>it should be still there a gdesklets-old or something like that.
>>i'm sure there are more desklets who cause problems after the update.
> 
> 
> Haven't tested the patch, but I want to comment on this issue. I think
> keeping gdesklets-0.26 in tree is not a good idea. 0.30 is new, prefered
> version by authors and authors of desklets will have to cope with it,
> rather faster than slower, as people will upgrade to 0.30 and old
> desklets will break. There is no future in 0.26, at this point no one is
> going to write a new desklet for 0.26 incompatible with 0.30.
> 
> So patching desklets to be compatible with both versions - yes,
> keeping two ports of gdesklets core - no.
> 

there is a bugfixed version in the way - i will wait until this is out.

quoted from:
http://www.gnomedesktop.org/article.php?sid=1920&mode=thread&order=0&thold=1

"There are some severe bugs in gDesklets v0.30. We gonna release a fixed
version soon. Some people reported that some desklets don't work anymore.
Expect a new version within the next days."

franz.



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