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Bug 484423 - Review Request: netbook-launcher - A clutter-based desktop launcher
Summary: Review Request: netbook-launcher - A clutter-based desktop launcher
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Christoph Wickert
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 451772 (view as bug list)
Depends On:
Blocks: FE-DEADREVIEW FedoraMini
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-06 17:54 UTC by Michel Alexandre Salim
Modified: 2010-07-16 18:39 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-07-16 18:39:12 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
replaces non working dialog with gnome defaults. (2.63 KB, patch)
2009-03-23 16:07 UTC, Traxtopel
no flags Details | Diff
Update logout/etc patch (3.83 KB, patch)
2009-04-29 14:19 UTC, Traxtopel
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Launchpad 369942 0 None None None Never

Description Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-02-06 17:54:52 UTC
Spec URL: http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher.spec
SRPM URL: http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher-1.2-1.fc11.src.rpm
Description:
Netbook Launcher is a desktop launcher that uses the clutter UI
library. It is commonly being used on netbook desktops with a
resolution of 1024x600 pixels and also supposed to support usage on
touchscreens. It follows the xdg spec standards from freedesktop.org
for the Desktop menu layout.

Comment 1 Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-02-06 18:01:59 UTC
*** Bug 451772 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-02-06 18:04:47 UTC
F10 Koji build:
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1109733

It currently does not build on Rawhide due to some Dwarf error:

/usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Offset (5317) greater than or equal to .debug_str size (4647).
main.o: In function `main':
/home/michel/rpmbuild/BUILD/netbook-launcher-1.2/src/main.c:118: undefined reference to `libgnomeui_module_info_get'
/home/michel/rpmbuild/BUILD/netbook-launcher-1.2/src/main.c:118: undefined reference to `gnome_program_init'

... (the list goes on)

Comment 3 Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-03-02 21:04:26 UTC
OK, fixed now. The new versions are listed on a different page.

Spec URL: http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher.spec
SRPM URL:
http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher-1.6.8-1.fc10.src.rpm

Rawhide build:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1214501

Comment 4 Christoph Wickert 2009-03-10 03:26:50 UTC
If this is the successor of ume-launcher, it should certainly obsolete it.

Comment 5 Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-03-10 13:08:18 UTC
 It is indeed. Upstream documentation is a bit sparse, I (or someone else) will need to observe how Ubuntu switches between maximus/netbook-launcher and the normal GNOME stack.

Currently, installing this and maximus means that they both get started on your next GNOME seession. Not much fun.

Comment 6 Christoph Wickert 2009-03-10 13:20:24 UTC
Another issue that comes to my mind is the name. "Netbook" is a tradmark of Psion and the lawsuit Dell, Intel and others vs. Psion is not finished yet.

Comment 7 Traxtopel 2009-03-23 14:36:28 UTC
Did you find a workaround for the gdm_socket, this software still uses

#define GDM_SOCKET_PATH \
  "/var/run/gdm_socket" G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S \
  "/tmp/.gdm_socket"

Without this being updated you cannot logout using the panel.


Should also be pre/post script added to spec.

%pre
if [ "$1" -gt 1 ]; then
    export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source`
    gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule \
      %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/%{name}.schemas >/dev/null || :
    killall -HUP gconfd-2 || :
fi

%post
export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source`
gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule \
  %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/%{name}.schemas > /dev/null || :
killall -HUP gconfd-2 || :

%preun
if [ "$1" -eq 0 ]; then
    export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source`
    gconftool-2 --makefile-uninstall-rule \
      %{_sysconfdir}/gconf/schemas/%{name}.schemas > /dev/null || :
    killall -HUP gconfd-2 || :
fi

Comment 8 Traxtopel 2009-03-23 16:07:23 UTC
Created attachment 336312 [details]
replaces non working dialog with gnome defaults.

Patched for 1.6.16

Adds
Lock Screen
Logout 
Quit
Defaults to gnome applets.

Comment 9 Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-04-29 12:45:06 UTC
Thanks! And sorry for the delay. I've been running 1.6.21 and most things work (apart from, strangely, the Log Out button).

http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher.spec
http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher-1.6.21-1.fc11.src.rpm

Should we ask the legal team about the netbook trademark?

Comment 10 Traxtopel 2009-04-29 14:18:33 UTC
The logout button will not work since it prereqs an older gdm (needs socket), needs a rewrite. The patch I proposed adds functionality.

Comment 11 Traxtopel 2009-04-29 14:19:32 UTC
Created attachment 341758 [details]
Update logout/etc patch

Workaround for logout button issue.

Comment 12 Michel Alexandre Salim 2009-04-30 17:23:00 UTC
Thanks. I've stayed away from the UI changes -- on a netbook, the right-hand side is cluttered enough already with my bookmarks that adding any more default buttons makes the interface less usable.

I've fixed the GDM calls for logout, shutdown and restart:

http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher-1.6.21-2.fc11.src.rpm
http://salimma.fedorapeople.org/specs/gnome/netbook-launcher.spec

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1330621

and send the patches upstream (see external bug report link)

Would you like to do a formal review? The only unpatched thing right now is the Ubuntu icon -- I'd perhaps ask the art team to take a look.

Comment 13 Christoph Wickert 2009-06-08 13:56:11 UTC
Ok, now that the lawsuit is settled, I'm going to review this. Stay tuned.

Comment 14 Christoph Wickert 2009-06-12 02:10:06 UTC
OK, just a short message I'm still working on this. From a packaging POV most things look good (but there are some problems), but the app itself needs some love, especially the patch:

- Logout dialog is huge, at least when using German localization
- The dialog is not closed after switching user or locking screen
- Icons standby and hibernate are not the right ones, should be the ones from g-p-m
- Icon for reboot should be xfsm-reboot from xfce-session I guess
- The Ubuntu artwork should be replaced with Fedora or removed
- Change the colors to something more Fedora-like?

I will look into these this weekend.

BTW: The package does not build in F-12 due to missing BRs. I guess this a problem with pkg-config evaluating Requires.private in a pkgconfig file that is missing a requirement, but I haven't looked what is actually missing.

Comment 15 Didier 2009-07-29 10:22:14 UTC
FYI : version 2.0.0 was released last week (July, 22nd).

Comment 16 Peter Robinson 2010-01-25 21:32:59 UTC
Is there still issue in this, or should the review be closed?

Comment 17 Christoph Wickert 2010-01-25 21:50:27 UTC
I still like to see this in Fedora, so I suggest to update to the latest release and then I will review it.

Comment 18 Peter Robinson 2010-01-25 22:36:58 UTC
Michael: please update the package for review

Comment 19 Juan Manuel Rodriguez 2010-05-26 22:54:22 UTC
Hey Michel, if you're no longer interested, would you mind if I took the package instead? 

I'll take radio silence by Friday, May 28 as a 'yes' :)

Comment 20 Michel Alexandre Salim 2010-05-27 12:17:47 UTC
Certainly, do go ahead. I ended up using gnome-shell as my netbook's primary interface, and there were several time-consuming changes that still needed to be made to netbook-launcher at the time (user interface icons, etc.) that someone who uses it more should probably take over.

Apologies for the delay!

Comment 21 Christoph Wickert 2010-07-16 18:39:12 UTC
As per https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Policy_for_stalled_package_reviews I'm now closing this bug. 

@Juan, if you are interested in this package, please open a new review request. Close this one a duplicate of the new one and CC me when you do so.


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