Re: GWorkspace 0.7.0, System, Applications and restart

[Enrico Sersale]

On 2005-03-16 12:12:17 +0200 MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> Enrico Sersale <enrico@dtedu.net> wrote:
> > When I release a new version or I change something on CVS, I
> > must be *sure* that *all* the old bundles are substituted by the
> > new one. [...]
>
> Why? Isn't it our fault if we the users break it by putting another
> bundle in a higher-priority place? Maybe a "check this before emailing
> me for help" note in the README is needed, also saying that they
> should mention having done the checks in their email.

I think that I'll add a -version method in the protocol and I'll check for this 
too.

> > > > On 2005-03-14 19:47:03 +0200 MJ Ray <mjr@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> > > > > 2. Even with it installed into /System, GWorkspace can't start
> > > > > Operation or Recycler itself and disables file operations. When
> > > > > they are run manually, it all works but they get their own
> > > > > app-icons - should they appear, or is my wm missing a hint?
>
> You're going to love this: After logging out and returning a day
> later, GWorkspace now starts Operation and Recycler happily. 
> I'll see whether I can figure out what change let them start working.

It would be very cool if you'd figure out what has happened; this is a old 
problem, reported by many users.

> >   From what you say, that might be a tedious job.
>
> They still get appicons, which seems like clutter.

Well, in 0.6.5 there were six icons: GWorkspace, Desktop, Finder, Inspector, 
Recycler and Operation...

> [...]
> > > I'll drop this system back to 0.6.3 before users complain,
> > > but I'll keep 0.7.0 around in case I can get more debug output.
> > I cann assure you that 0.7.0 is far better... :-)
>
> Well, it seems far stabler. [...]
>
> One missing(?) feature from 0.6.3: I didn't find how to delete
> without moving to the recycle bin. Sometimes I want to do that,
> because the recycle bin is on a different partition and it's
> a slow device for copying. I resorted to pasting to Terminal.

This "feature" has been requested by another user; but I agree that the recycler directory on a single 
partition is a problem. I'll put back the "delete" option, so we'll have command "d" for moving to 
the recycler and command "D" to delete.