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Oh, you are correct - the Xfce package set in Slackware is incomplete for many users. It's also bloated for many users. It's also just right for many users. As always, trying to find the sweet spot on that spectrum (the place where EVERYONE is unhappy) is difficult, but we're still trying ;-) In all seriousness, no worries about the suggestions - they're certainly welcome.
Yes, I always have to uninstall this stupid xfdesktop thing :->
Being serious, I really do it. It just lefts black desktop with no icons.
re XFCE additions:
leaving out Whisker-menu would make more users unhappy
than adding Xarchiver and it's plugin (I use exclusively besides mc ) would make happy.
So, in the great scheme I'd go for Xarchiver (tool = boring) vs Whisker-menu (eye-candy = fun, and that's a paddling)
There's only one of those I'd strongly support (xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin, as I use it myself), and one that I think is a good idea even if I'd never use it (mousepad).
Burning optical media isn't such a huge deal these days, so xfburn isn't a must-have at all IMHO.
Re ristretto, I'd go for gthumb over it any day.
Re xarchiver, I've not used it in a long time, but it wasn't exactly stable or every useful in some cases back then. Change my mind.
Re thunar-archive-plugin, this one needs xarchiver if I recall correctly, so... I guess, see above :-)
Re catfish, well, I'll just say that I'm not a fan.
xarchiver has been stable for awhile now in the fork. The original developer said he does not have the time to develop it anymore but will accept patches, except all the patches needed seem to be merged with the fork now. https://github.com/ib/xarchiver
It is useful for us that occasionally want a hand free for a few sips of java. ;-) I rarely use it myself but it is also annoying for Ark to pop up while in XFCE.
KDE comes with a builtin file search in Dolphin, why not XFCE with Catfish? Also, I have ~60GB of PDFs. I much prefer a GUI for searching through them.
I tried to change your mind see how that worked that out. :-)
xarchiver has been stable for awhile now in the fork. The original developer said he does not have the time to develop it anymore but will accept patches, except all the patches needed seem to be merged with the fork now. https://github.com/ib/xarchiver
It is useful for us that occasionally want a hand free for a few sips of java. ;-) I rarely use it myself but it is also annoying for Ark to pop up while in XFCE.
KDE comes with a builtin file search in Dolphin, why not XFCE with Catfish? Also, I have ~60GB of PDFs. I much prefer a GUI for searching through them.
I tried to change your mind see how that worked that out. :-)
Well, you convinced me to take a look at xarchiver. The jury's still out on catfish ;-)
If possible when a chance arises, could libsecret be rebuilt with
Code:
--enable-introspection
Not sure how is that useful for distro which does not ship gnome, and what benefit there is for server to depend on introspection.
So I'll have to recompile a core package libsecret on my server, because you want to depend on gnome components?
Why not just recompile your libsecret locally, and not force introspection on the rest of us?
Not sure how is that useful for distro which does not ship gnome, and what benefit there is for server to depend on introspection.
So I'll have to recompile a core package libsecret on my server, because you want to depend on gnome components?
Why not just recompile your libsecret locally, and not force introspection on the rest of us?
libsecret IS a GNOME component, as is GObject Introspection. There are many GNOME components in Slackware, some of which already have introspection enabled, and since they are already in Slackware why can they not be used to their full potential?
I don't believe that having introspection enabled on any given package will affect any other package to the point where a package will need to be rebuilt, or that a package with introspection enabled need rebuilt to turn it off, or cause any breakage.
I am only requesting it, and if PV feels that it is not too much hassle, to enable it. If he does not want to then I will rebuild it locally.
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