Proposed panel menu structure for hoary

Jeff Waugh jeff.waugh at canonical.com
Fri Dec 3 15:22:49 CST 2004


<quote who="Łukasz Nowak">

> Hello,
> 
> Dnia pią 3. grudnia 2004 18:41, Jeff Waugh napisał:
> > > I don't think it's "please make my desktop work totally differently",
> > > just a "please i want to see the previous menu tree until i feel ok to
> > > use the current". You're saying that it's a minor change so i don't
> > > see what's problem to support the previous hierarchy too.
> >
> > Because it requires writing the code for both structures, and the option
> > between them. That's a significant effort.
> 
> Is it possibile to make it such way: 
> - if someone is upgrading from Warty he/she will have old menu strucutre
> in special menu option @ apps (is it possibile to move menu structure on
> install/first login?)
> 
> - if someone is installing fresh Hoary only Hoary-like menu is present?

That still requires a lot of code for very little benefit.

- Jeff

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