GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 399597
recently used applications doesn't work with current gnome
Last modified: 2020-03-05 10:53:44 UTC
Please describe the problem: Hi the recently used application functionallity in gnome-main-menu doesn't work in any distro other than suse. Steps to reproduce: 1. get any other distro/gnome upstream 2. install slab/gnome-main-menu 3. run some apps 4. The recently used application doesn't get populated Actual results: nothing Expected results: the recently used application gets populated Does this happen every time? yes Other information: This is by far the bes thing this new menu brings, could you please add this patches in gnome upstream so every distro can benefit from it? I've opened this bugs: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379324 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379322 but it's not clear they are going to be applied. If there are any technical issues I think they should be discussed so this great new applet gets better integrated into gnome. thanks
There are patches to gnome-panel and gnome-desktop provided in gnome svn which allow distros to support the recently-used apps functionality. Ubuntu has successfully shipped these. You can find the patches in the patch dir at the top of the gnome-main-menu project in gnome svn. Thanks!
AFAIK ubuntu doesn't ship those patches on edgy nor, feisty. Here's the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-desktop/+bug/72172 thanks
I've reopened the bug since this doesn't work on lastest gnome and AFAIK ubuntu desktop team aren't willing to support that patches until upstream (gnome) accepts them. thanks
In order to clarify my previous comment, those patches have some technical issues that prevent gnome's panel & desktop maintainer (Vincent Untz) from applying them. Until those are addressed I think this bug cannot be closed, but feel free to correct me. I just think the new main menu rocks and I would love to have it in gnome fully functional, that's all. thanks
Can you check again with GNOME 2.21? I didn't path anything and it works fine for me now.
I've tried hardy alpha 4 (current gnome unstable) and didn't work. Do you use opensuse? They patch their gnome distro to support this. Thanks
I use Ubuntu Gusty with 100% upstream unstable gnome from svn.
Did you compile gnome-main-menu from svn? It includes nautilus & gnome-panel, gnome-desktop patches for this feature
(In reply to comment #8) > Did you compile gnome-main-menu from svn? Yes. > It includes nautilus & gnome-panel, gnome-desktop patches for this feature I use gnome-panel and gnome-desktop trunk. I do not know of any patches and certainly did not apply any patches to those 3 modules.
...at least not that I know of, perhaps they made it in using jhbuild?
I don't now either
This project is not under active development anymore; see https://gitlab.gnome.org/Infrastructure/Infrastructure/issues/263 Hence reflecting reality and mass-closing all its remaining open tasks.