Bug#120209: Debian ROX-Filer packages

[Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 11:54:19AM +0200, Jan Wagemakers wrote:
> Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin@amiga.pl> schreef:
> > 
> >   Second thing is - what part of ROX-Filer functionality which I removed
> > in my package you want to have in it:
> > 
> >   - starting dir/AppRun just by click on dir folder icon
> 
> Although I really like the work that you have done, I am still using my own
> packages. One reason is that the AppDir isn't working anymore in your
> packages. Not that I really like the idea of AppDir, but :
> 
>  - I like the idea of using /etc/menu-methods to create a menu with all the
>    installed programs. In your latest rox-cvs you have copied my
>    /etc/menu-methods/rox , but this isn't very usefull without a working
>    AppDir.

I'll have to check out the menu-methods you're using to see what it does.
But I'm not sure this is a good idea, especially for an official Debian
ROX. We already have our own menu system, and applications which make sense
to be run from a menu entry are already required to install an entry for it.

And btw, I also have a hacked version of rox-menu [1] in my repository (be
it an out of date one, again) with it's own menu-method to use the Debian
menu.

>  - I think that the 'official' Debian ROX should work like ROX. If it works
>    different (for example no AppDir), it should be renamed to something 
>    else. 

I agree, but currently I would also oppose to a package in the archives
*with* AppDir functionality. It's a bad idea for several reasons. Someone
with enough time and enough incentive should think of a good way to do it
right. (Although, frankly, I don't see any reason why it should be useful -
the arguments on the ROX homepage are all void since there are other ways to
achieve all of them)

> BTW.: Any plans to package rox-session? ;-)

I have, but it will probably not be useful as-is combined with your packages
:-)


Regards,

Filip

[1] Although there's little left of the original code :-)

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