Removal of Python 2 from the Xfce spin
by Miro Hrončok
Hi, we've successfully removed Python 2 from default Workstation installation
years ago, today I'd like to see if we could do it in Xfce Spin as well.
For those not in the picture: Python 2 ill EOL in 11 months, 22 days [0].
We are trying to get rid of it as much as possible in Fedora [1][2].
Eliminating Python 2 from our defualt installations is an important step here.
Today, if I try to uninstall python2 from Xfce spin (rawhide), this is what gets
removed as dependent:
NetworkManager-openconnect-gnome
blueberry
gnumeric
python2-catfish
system-config-keyboard
system-config-users
Several others go as no longer needed, mostly python2 libs, but also:
NetworkManager-openconnect
bluez-obex
bluez-tools
openconnect
wmctrl
While I doubt the actual usefulness of gnumeric, what bothers me is:
1. It seems that the Bluetooth stack is entirely gone. Do we have an viable
alternative?
2. If openconnect is not needed on Workstation, why is it needed in Xfce?
3. Can we set keyboards/users with some alternatives? system-config-* still link
to fedorahosted as upstream and haven't received an update in years. They seem
pretty upstream dead to me.
4. Catfish is Python 3 compatible, but the Fedora maintainer is not [4].
Thanks for tips.
[0] https://pythonclock.org/
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Mass_Python_2_Package_Removal
[3] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/catfish/pull-request/1#
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3 years, 9 months
Fwd: ANNOUNCE: Xfce 4.14pre1 released
by Mukundan Ragavan
In case Fedora xfce users are not aware, 4.14pre1 was officially
released today.
In Fedora 30 testing repositories, you can find updates available for
almost all of these packages (exo is already in stable).
I will keep these packages in testing for an extended period (autopush
is disabled). Please test and add karma on bodhi. Please file bug
reports as needed - either upstream or on fedora/RH bugzilla.
Thanks,
Mukundan.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Xfce 4.14pre1 released
Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:15:48 +0200
From: Simon Steinbeiss <simon(a)xfce.org>
Reply-To: xfce(a)xfce.org
To: xfce-announce(a)xfce.org
Xfce 4.14pre1 is now available for download.
It includes the following releases of Xfce core components:
exo 0.12.5
garcon 0.6.2
libxfce4ui 4.13.5
libxfce4util 4.13.3
thunar 1.8.6
thunar-volman 0.9.2
tumbler 0.2.4
xfce4-appfinder 4.13.3
xfce4-panel 4.13.5
xfce4-power-manager 1.6.2
xfce4-session 4.13.2
xfce4-settings 4.13.6
xfconf 4.13.7
xfdesktop 4.13.4
xfwm4 4.13.2
Individual tarballs are available for download now:
https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre1/src
A tarball including all individual releases can be downloaded here:
https://archive.xfce.org/xfce/4.14pre1/fat_tarballs
Release notes for 4.14pre1
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3 years, 11 months
Tip: Xfce 4.13 and panel problems
by ToddAndMargo
Hi All,
I have an upcoming new build of Fedora 30 for a customer.
I wanted to put Xfce on it, but 4.13 way too buggy to
unleash on the general public, especially with all
the talking up of Linux I have been doing.
Well the two deal killer bugs are
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14627
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14854
Where programs disappear from Panel 0, and panels 0
and 1 occasionally go missing at start up.
Well, one of our intrepid heroes on the Xfce bugzilla
gave me this command to use:
xfce4-panel -r
And it works perfect on missing panels and panels with
missing programs.
I will put the above command in start up with a five
second delay and make a desktop launcher for it too.
So Xfce 30 is back on! Yippee!
-T
4 years
Installation of Qt5 config tool
by Johannes Lips
Hi all,
just yesterday I stumbled across the possibility to let Qt5 application
look more like GTK+ and I wondered if we perhaps could enable that per
default on our Xfce spin.
The only thing I had to do was to install qt5ct and adwaita-qt5 and then
I just added one line to my ~/.bashrc:
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct" After a re-login it's possible to
select a certain Qt theme in qt5ct and all applications look much more
native in a GTK+ environment. All the best Johannes
4 years
