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[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 17:24 -0600, Ted Gould wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 23:01 +0000, Shane Fagan wrote:
> > Well would the implementation of the application indicators have to be
> > revisited for lucid+1 because Shell doesnt have a way to embed things in
> > its panel like how it is currently?
> 
> Shell does have a way to embed things in its panel, it is using the
> current notification area spec.  That's how they get things like
> gnome-power and network-manager into their panel.  Honestly, they're
> going to have to move on from that for lots of reasons.

> > I talked a bit to the
> > Shell devs and they havent implemented anything yet for this so it would
> > be good to get some dialogue going to make sure we dont get two
> > implementations of the same thing. Just a thought.
> 
> When I mentioned on GNOME Desktop Devel list a little while ago they
> seemed favorable to the design.  I'm not sure what they're thinking, but
> I think it would be great if they'd consider picking it up.  They've
> also been discussing the StatusNotification spec on the XDG list.
> 
> Obviously the applet code would have to go but that's not a huge portion
> of the work.  I don't have time to port it over to GNOME Shell right
> now, but I'd be happy to mentor someone who'd like to do that.
> 
> 		--Ted
> 
I can help with porting it but I wont have much free time because of
college (until around the next UDS) so I can help over the summer if
needed. 

Shane