[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] Bug#880169: Please enable Indicator support and build against Ayatana Indicators

[Michael Biebl]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:36:23 +0100 Mike Gabriel
<mike.gabriel at das-netzwerkteam.de> wrote:
> Source: network-manager-applet
> Version: 1.8.4-1
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: upstream patch
> User: pkg-ayatana-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: ayatanaindicators
> 
> Dear maintainer,
> 
> attached you find a .debdiff that enables Indicator support in Network
> Manager Applet (GNOME) on Debian.
> 
> The Debian + Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team are currently working on porting
> Ubuntu Indicators to a distro-independent state. This is done under a new
> upstream umbrella (https://github.com/AyatanaIndicators).
> 
> For Network Manager Applet (GNOME), we would love to see Indicator
> support being enabled on Debian systems. As the Ubuntu Indicators in
> Debian are severely unmaintained, please switch to Ayatana Indicators
> when enabling Indicator support for your package.
> 
> A Network Manager Applet that has been built against Ayatana Indicators will
> also work as-is on top of Ubuntu Indicators as found in Ubuntu.

Would you consider forwarding this request upstream?
I don't really want to maintain this as a downstream patch.

That aside, which desktops in Debian would benefit from Ayatana
Indicators support?

Regards,
Michael
-- 
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universe are pointed away from Earth?

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