Bug#291085: gnome-panel: Should conflict with menu (<<2.1.9-1) since it uses outputencoding.

Bill Allombert Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>, 291085@bugs.debian.org
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:34:53 +0100


On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:18:28AM +0100, Marc Dequènes wrote:
> Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > The gnome-panel menu method (/etc/menu-methods/gnome-panel)
> > use feature that require menu >= 2.1.9-1 (outputencoding)
> > so gnome-panel should Conflicts: menu (<< 2.1.9-1) to
> > avoid broken upgrade from woody.
> 
> OK, and i updated the Suggests line.
> 
> > Also, gnome-panel menu-methods has a statement:
> > userprefix=".gnome/apps"
> > Given that user menu is not supported by this method, you
> > should remove this line.
> 
> The menu system documentation is not so clear about user menu part.
> Why is userprefix not enough as it is in the calc's script ?

Because to the best of my knowledge, there is no support for 'Legacy
menu' entries in the HOME directory, so I had to write a .vfolder-info 
instead, and the .vfolder-info is quite messy and poorly documented.

> > Lastly I would like to point you to
> > <http://lists.debian.org/debian-gtk-gnome/2004/12/msg00046.html>
> > that provides a user-only menu-method for gnome-panel.
> 
> I wanted to test it, update-menus ran without any error, but the menu
> stayed as it was. menu-xdg is well installed and i really don't
> understand why it is not working nor how to debug it. Could you help me

Of course! I will send updated instructions how to use it tomorrow,
because there was some typos in the email above.  See the end of the log
of bug #280081.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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