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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Status: Distribution
From:       jcsl <trcs () gmx ! com>
Date:       2014-09-02 17:18:36
Message-ID: 13055078.P8FmmbyVUu () jcsl
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El Martes, 2 de septiembre de 2014 09:06:41 Shawn W Dunn escribió:
> On Tue, 2014-09-02 at 14:25 +0200, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > There are many things in need of fixing in case you look for something
> > where you can help:
> > 
> > LXDE still broken display manager:
> >   https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/20580/modules/first_boot/steps/1
> > 
> > I suggest we take down LXDE from DVD. Issues with it are seldomly fixed in
> > timely manner ;(
> 
> LXDE, while not deprecated, is basically in maintenance mode, the new
> version, based on Qt, rather than Gtk is in X11:lxde:lxqt and with the
> upcoming 0.8 stable release, will probably get pushed to factory.   I'm
> not sure that means the Gtk LXDE needs to be dropped *right* now, but I
> do know that they are not co-installable, and that there are no more
> releases coming for the Gtk based version.
 
Hi. 

That's incorrect. LXDE is actively maintained and still gaining features like 
split pane in PCManFM or the new weather plugin in LXPanel. I started using 
LXDE some time ago and given that it was a bit neglected I decided to learn 
about packaging. Since then I've been continuously submitting new versions of 
the desktop components. It's only that with a small team you can't move 
forward very fast. Their current status can be checked in their wiki:

   http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Status_of_LXDE_components

or you can browse their git site:

   http://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?o=age

They even have implemented some of my feature requests like the ability to 
support custom gtkrc files (aka theming support) in LXPanel, and that was a 
week ago (split view was one of my feature request too).

I don't care if it is killed from the DVD or not (I can understand it) because 
I know how to install it anyway, but I think that's not the general case. 
Sadly, I barely have the skills to package the new releases and apply patches. 
Integration of the packages in the system is out of my scope and given the 
lack of interest in this desktop the natural step is to remove it from the 
DVD. But it's a pity. I think that the current LXDE status is great, mature, 
and the packages for openSUSE are now up to date.

Greetings.


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