Bug#825642: libreoffice-gtk: Missing file qstart.desktop
reopen 825642
retitle 825642 please re-enable Quickstarter
severity 825642 wishlist
thanks
Hi,
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 07:01:05PM +0200, Reto Schoch wrote:
> I don't think it's appropriate to only consider GNOME3 as an uptodate
> desktop. And given that, for other desktops (e.g. XFCE) it's not only a
True. But it's a prominent one and the one which is/was default in a Debian
desktop install.
And KDE people (often) don't like installing Gtk-specific applications, even
if it would work (didn't try)
Didn't try Cinammon and MATE either.
> matter of speed, but also a matter of comfort (direct access to LO from
> the panel).
You could not add own stuff in the panel? But yeah, that's a argument.
> Beside, if this bug didn't occure in LO, there would have not
> been any occasion to disable it.
Except it being unneeded and unmaintained upstream and the display issue(s)
in (some) DEs....
> So, why not leave Quickstarter enabled as
> long as libreoffice-gtk is around. The necessary steps on the part of LO
> have been done. I don't see anything sensibly speaking against.
Because it's not necessary?
Because it's not maintained upstream and a big part of upstream also wants
to see it go away?
Because -gtk will be -gtk2 (starting from 5.2.0 which will be in sid in August)
to actually show it's for a old Gtk version in stretch so -gtk will not be not
around anymore anyway ;-)
And both MATE and Cinammon now also use Gtk3, leaving Xfce alone "needing" Gtk2.
(In any case, the fix is not in 4.1.4 rc2 yet and not in 5.2.0 beta2 so it'll
only be enabled in a few weeks anyway (given 5.1.x is almost dead and will not
be what stretch is shipping I am not going to "waste time" by backporting
"minor" fixes like this to it. So if it was being re-enabled not now but
later. I am not yet convinced, though.)
But let's reopen this (and retitling to have a sensible title) as it's a valid
wish after all..
Regards,
Rene
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