[debian-edu-commits] debian-edu/ 21/183: The XFCE developer I contacted mailed back, XFCE indeed doesn't support multilevel config prior to version 4.2

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commit 0bfbacdefb9219b86f1984be4f09aa564e907f49
Author: Bart Cornelis <cobaco at linux.be>
Date:   Mon Oct 25 16:03:28 2004 +0000

    The XFCE developer I contacted mailed back, XFCE indeed doesn't support
    multilevel config prior to version 4.2
---
 TODO               | 6 ++++--
 desktop-profiles.7 | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 6d4258a..ffa2d66 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
     Can we perhaps leaally replace it?
        -> Policy 7.5 seems to indicate yes _IF_ package Replaces: gconf2
        -> But Policy 10.7.4 seems to indicate I can't I?
+       
   - is rox default right? 
     -> waiting for reaction of rox-maintainer
-  - does XFCE support profiles prior to 4.2? 
-    -> waiting for reaction of benny (xfce developer)
+    
   - add kiosktool to Suggests when it becomes available in Debian (can i suggest
     something not yet in the archive?)
+    
 - Are there any docs on the kiosk system of XFCE 4.2 available anywhere we can
   point to?
+
 - Add (debconf?) Tools to package to help maintain precedence and requirements
   of installed profiles:
   - change priority
diff --git a/desktop-profiles.7 b/desktop-profiles.7
index 73c5829..cfe4aee 100644
--- a/desktop-profiles.7
+++ b/desktop-profiles.7
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ XFCE (>=4.2) specific settings can also be found in Freedesktop profile dirs (se
 (using XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS)
 .IP
 Starting from XFCE version 4.2. XFCE will completely adopt the freedesktop 'Desktop Base Directory Specification'. Placing any XFCE-only settings in an 'xfce4' subdirectory of the freedesktop profile directories (with the exception of xfce4-session, which will use an 'xfce4-session' subdirectory). A more complete description can be found at http://xfce.org/~benny/file-locations.html.
+.IP
+If two profiles contain the same config file, the one from the profile with the highest precedence is used.
+.IP
+XFCE versions prior to 4.2. don't support multiple config sets.
 .IP \(bu 4
 .B ROX 
 (through CHOICESPATH):

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