Separate status and logout applets/binary packages
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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The Me Menu |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The current implementation of the me menu bundles the user status menu [Me Menu] with the logout menu [Session Menu], which adds two very different menus together, forcing the user to keep the user status menu [Me Menu] even if they only want the logout one [Session Menu]. I propose you separate the two into two separate binary packages [indicator-me, indicator-session], which allows the installation of the logout menu [Session Menu] without installing gwibber + couch, which is required for the status menu [Me Menu].
My use cases are as follows:
Corey is a non-user of gwibber on an older laptop and wishes to not run desktop-couch in the background to save even the amount of ram it consumes.
Mary is an older computer user, also a non-user of gwibber, who has challenges with operating the mouse. The status menu [Me Menu] frequently confuses her because she it pops up with things she doesn't understand. Corey is unable to remove the status menu [Me Menu] to simplify her panel because that would remove the ability to logout.
For the average desktop user, this would exactly zero effect, it would merely allow non-users of gwibber to be able to remove this non-essential application without removing an essential portion of their desktop, the logout menu [Session Menu].
Changed in indicator-me: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
i agree 100%.