gnome-applets and rawhide updates

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 16:27 -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> So, it's been a while since I've been able to update my rawhide desktop
> and see what breaks - long enough that I've forgotten the pain and want to
> feel it again.  The blocking factor should be familiar to many:
> 
> Error: Package: 1:gnome-applets-2.32.0-3.fc15.x86_64 (@rawhide)
>            Requires: libpanel-applet-2.so.0()(64bit)
>            Removing: gnome-panel-libs-2.31.92-1.fc15.x86_64 (@rawhide)
>                libpanel-applet-2.so.0()(64bit)
>            Updated By: gnome-panel-libs-2.91.6-5.fc15.x86_64 (rawhide)
>                Not found
> 
> Now I understand thus we panel users are supposed to move out of the stone
> age and bow before our gnome-shell overlords.  I'd like to give it a try,
> but attempts to install gnome-shell run into the same roadblock.
> 
> My question: is the only way forward here to obliterate any trace of the
> panel and applets from my system and commit to the gnome-shell experience
> for once and for all?  Or might there be a way to keep both on my system
> for a little while until I'm sure I can function under gnome-shell?

No. You only need to remove gnome-applets.
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