Comment 16 for bug 274146

Hello Matt,

Matt Zimmerman [2008-10-01 14:19 +0100]:
> > That's correct. However, if the user doesn't get the deskbar applet added,
> > they don't lose anything they had before. With the changed logout button,
> > they are losing functionality they previously had.
>
> Note that this, the most significant issue in my opinion, could be easily
> addressed by restoring the lost functionality to the logout button.

If that would actually be easy to do, sure. However, my gut feeling
says it should actually be easier to just pretend that the new f-u-s-a
applet is just the "replacement" of the old logout applet? It already
provides all the logout/shutdown/etc. options. Ted, do you have a
qualified estimate of how much work either option would be?

> Beyond that, I think it would be sufficient to include a program which users
> could run (manually) to restore their panel (session?) to the default. This
> way, when users ask "hey, how do I get that fancy new panel?" they get the
> answer "run restore-default-panel" rather than "rm -rf ~/.gconf" :-)
>
> Would this be less objectionable than attempting to migrate automatically?

Yes, definitively. That's the fallback we should have at hand if this
kind of dynamic auto-migration doesn't work out.

Martin

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