Trimming down gnome-applets (and removing HAL dependency)

[Martin Pitt]

Hey Chris,

Chris Coulson [2009-08-02 14:02 +0100]:
> When we remove an applet currently, we actually make it
> a Null applet which will clean itself from the users config the next
> time they load their panel. If we split modemlights in to it's own
> package, then the extra package would need to be installed on upgrade,
> else existing users with the modemlights applet on their panel will find
> their panel config is broken after the upgrade. This would also affect
> users doing a fresh install with an existing /home folder.

Right, I keep forgetting about this, sorry. Let's not worry about
this, then.

> I'm currently working on the 2.27.4 update of gnome-applets, so I'll
> disable battstatus now (I think everyone will agree that we don't need
> this one anymore). I'll leave modemlights for the time being, and see
> what other peoples feelings are too.

I'm sure you'll do the right decision, thanks for your work!

Martin
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