BlueZ Status in Fedora.

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 08/13/2013 09:44 AM, Kalev Lember wrote:
> On 08/13/2013 02:28 PM, Rave it wrote:
>> Other probs are:
>> 1. gnome-bluetooth upstream has removed the fallback icon for autostart in session,.......no systray icon in other DE than gnome itself.
>> 2. if gnome revert this change in upstream 'OnlyShowIn=MATE" needs to be added.
>> 3. Also runtime dependencies needs to be checked, we don't want to be install more gnome as necessary in mate.
> I discussed this with raveit65 on IRC and we found a way forward with this.
>
> The issue with MATE switching from mate-bluetooth to gnome-bluetooth is
> that gnome-bluetooth no longer ships the panel applet that MATE needs.
> This was removed from gnome-bluetooth in commit
> https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-bluetooth/commit/?id=c54e93e4310342ffce13e15b5a1b9a6ee9500a05
> when GNOME stopped shipping the fallback mode.
>
> However, the panel applet code is pretty self contained. The way to make
> it work would be to move the panel applet code to a separate package. It
> could be called mate-panel-bluetooth or gnome-panel-bluetooth or
> similar. The package would then include the panel applet files that are
> no longer part of gnome-bluetooth, and link with libgnome-bluetooth.
>
> Anyone interested in teaming up with raveit65 to create a separate
> package for this?
>
> This package might also be useful for XFCE/LXDE.
>
> In any case, the best way forward is probably to go on with importing
> BlueZ 5 into rawhide so that it can be used as a development platform.
> Otherwise it's pretty hard to test the new code.
>

Will the bluez-compat be killed in this move?

JBG