Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Anders F Björklund afb@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
Kevin Fenzi wrote:
dumped? I've not really seen many if any bugs on epel5 xfce packages...
Well, last time I looked it was still trying to use the "Fedora" icons from the epel6 package so it seemed like it was built and left there ?
I maintain/use Xfce in Fedora. Another interested party worked on Xfce for epel5/6. I'd be happy to look at specific bugs, but I don't use it day to day there, so I wouldn't have noticed this.
This would be an articulated goal of the new Special Interest Group, to make sure that such bugs and wishlists are forwarded upstream...
I actually use vtwm quite effectively, and will test it on CentOS 7 when I have a chance. Much, much lighter weight than most modern managers, and thus much more robust on thin clients and overwhelmed VM's. Will I need to try to get that into Fedora first, or is there a reasonable way to get it into the 'extras' for CentOS?
The overlap between Extras and EPEL needs to be sorted out, as well as the difference between a "desktop environment" and a "window manager"*...
I don't think you need a group for just installing vtwm/i3wm/etc, but maybe it could be part of a documentation effort or a wiki web page ?
* EL7 SAG http://tinyurl.com/oouywut
For myself, in addition to the ones from Xfce comps (e.g. @xfce-desktop), NX3 (nx/freenx/opennx/x2go) is also a required component of the desktop...
The desktops should provide both local workstation and server installations. Xfce also included yumex, as "alternative" (non-GNOME/KDE) software manager.
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/X2Go
I think it would be nice to define the scope of the Desktop SIG further: http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/AlternativeDesktop
The short list seems to be: Xfce, LXDE(?), MATE, Trinity(?) Maybe something lighter still is required, as well.
--anders