If anyone's interested, I've got packages of Xfce-4.4.0 ready for testing/use
on Slackware 11.0

From http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/11.0/ChangeLog.txt

Mon Jan 22 13:44:59 UTC 2007
xfce-4.4.0-i486-1_rlw.tgz: Upgraded to Xfce-4.4.0. There are quite a few
noteworthy changes in this build, so be sure to keep reading
1. This package requires the vte, dbus, dbus-glib, and gamin packages
that are also available from this repository - I am no longer going
to maintain two different builds of Xfce, so if you want a version
that runs on a vanilla 11.0 installation, the SlackBuild script and
sources are available.
2. You will need to make sure the the messagebus service is started prior
to launching Xfce - see the dbus package's information for how to do
that.
3. Back up your $HOME/.config directory before starting Xfce - the old 4.2.x
configuration is not fully compatible with that of 4.4.x, so you will not
be able to go back to Xfce-4.2.x and keep your configs unless you back
them up.
4. Be sure to run 'xwmconfig' *before* starting Xfce after upgrading - this
will copy the new xinitrc file into your $HOME/.xinitrc
5. The xarchiver archive manager that was present in the previous rc/beta
versions was not shipped with 4.4.0 due to questions as to whether it
was ready - did volkerdi join the Xfce development team? ;-)

SlackBuild script, associated files, and sources are also available at
http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/sources/11.0/xfce-4.4.0/

RW

On 2007-01-22, Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:
> If anyone's interested, I've got packages of Xfce-4.4.0 ready for testing/use
> on Slackware 11.0


I guess it would help to have a link to the packages:
http://rlworkman.net/pkgs/

RW

Le Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:09:33 +0000, Robby Workman a écrit:

> noteworthy changes in this build, so be sure to keep reading
> 1. This package requires the vte, dbus, dbus-glib, and gamin packages
> that are also available from this repositor

Thanks for that build, Robbie.

What about HAL? No dependency?

Niki

On 2007-01-22, Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:

> If anyone's interested, I've got packages of Xfce-4.4.0 ready for testing/use
> on Slackware 11.0

Thanks, Robby. I'll try it on my notebook to see if the battery plugin
works. The current one doesn't, and that's a PITA when using the portable.

Rich

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On 2007-01-22, Niki Kovacs <mickey@mouse.com> wrote:
> Le Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:09:33 +0000, Robby Workman a écrit:
>
>> noteworthy changes in this build, so be sure to keep reading
>> 1. This package requires the vte, dbus, dbus-glib, and gamin packages
>> that are also available from this repositor
>
> Thanks for that build, Robbie.
>
> What about HAL? No dependency?


No, HAL is an optional dependency, and I have *ZERO* intentions of introducing
that into *anything* I build.

RW

On 2007-01-22, rshepard@salmo.appl-ecosys.com <rshepard@salmo.appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On 2007-01-22, Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> wrote:
>
>> If anyone's interested, I've got packages of Xfce-4.4.0 ready for testing/use
>> on Slackware 11.0
>
> Thanks, Robby. I'll try it on my notebook to see if the battery plugin
> works. The current one doesn't, and that's a PITA when using the portable.


Rich:

There was a new version of the battery plugin released a few days ago, and
I've got a package available (and sources if you prefer to build it).
Give it a try, and if it doesn't work for you, please submit a bug report to
http://bugs.xfce.org and CC me in the bug report (rw AT rlworkman.net).

Thanks,
RW

Robby Workman wrote:
> 1. This package requires the vte, dbus, dbus-glib,

if i may ask, what is the advantage of including dbus? i only know dbus in
combination with hal, but if you include it without hal, i guess it has
other purposes?

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Le Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:21:49 +0000, Robby Workman a écrit:

> No, HAL is an optional dependency, and I have *ZERO* intentions of introducing
> that into *anything* I build.

But... does automagical mounting of devices (USB sticks, camera, ...)
still work for Thunar without HAL?

Niki

On 2007-01-23, Niki Kovacs <mickey@mouse.com> wrote:
> Le Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:21:49 +0000, Robby Workman a écrit:
>
>> No, HAL is an optional dependency, and I have *ZERO* intentions of introducing
>> that into *anything* I build.
>
> But... does automagical mounting of devices (USB sticks, camera, ...)
> still work for Thunar without HAL?


No, that functionality is not present.

RW

Le Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:05:35 +0000, Robby Workman a écrit:

> No, that functionality is not present.
>

Well, it will probably soon be: HAL will be part of the next Slackware.

Cheers,

Niki