Bug 26722

Summary:	xfce4: Bring back the default Orage clock plugin
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Chris B <shybluenight>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	jani.valimaa
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	orage	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Chris B 2020-06-03 08:33:30 CEST

In Mga 7 we had the Orage clock plugin (with integrated calendar) in panel 1 after a default installation and on the live iso, both 32b and 64b.

In Cauldron M8 Orage is not installed as default but we get a basic clock plugin, without a calendar and only very basic time settings. Tested on the Live xfce alpha1 and also a fresh netinstall.

Can we get orage back for Mageia 8, so replace the 'clock plugin' with the 'orage clock plugin' in panel 1? It improves the functionality of xfce4.

Comment 1 Jani Välimaa 2020-06-03 19:21:48 CEST

Unfortunately it's not going to happen.

Orage is basically unmaintained and/or dead by upstream. Latest release 4.12.1 is from 2015 and Xfce is already going towards 4.16.

Orage was archived in upstream git before they moved to gitlab and it's not even available in new gitlab repo.

Another thing is that xfce4-panel >= 4.15.0 doesn't support gtk2 anymore. When we update to it, we need to drop all gtk2 only panel plugins, including orage. I've been delaying it, but at some point I will do the update.

CC: (none) => jani.valimaa

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2020-06-03 21:14:59 CEST

Welcome back Chris.
And thanks Jani for your quick & informative reply. In the light of which, it seems fair to close this 'wontfix' (cannotfix would be nicer).

Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX
Status: NEW => RESOLVED

Comment 3 Chris B 2020-06-03 21:29:11 CEST

Thank you, Jani, for your explanation :)
I understand now. As long as we can change - and we can - the long and very busy, counting the seconds, format of the time, all is good.