Changes/PantheonDesktop

Pantheon Desktop

Summary

Pantheon Desktop is a new desktop environment being developed by the people that develop Elementary OS. It is written from scratch using Vala and the GTK3 toolkit. With regards to usability and appearance, the desktop has some similarities with GNOME Shell and Mac OS X.

Owner

• Name: Wesley Hearn
• Email: whearn X redhat.com

People Involved - Packagers/Volunteers/Contributors

Name	IRC	Current work	Additional info
Wesley Hearn	strace	Packaging	UTC-5
Christopher Meng	cicku	Packaging/Review	UTC+8
Germano Massullo		Testing	UTC+1

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 22
• Last updated: 2014-02-13
• Percentage of completion: 5%

Detailed Description

Pantheon Desktop is a slick lightweight open-source GTK3/Vala desktop currently being developed for elementary os.

Benefit to Fedora

Will allow users another choice on what desktop they want to run, will help bring more users to Fedora.

Scope

Required Packages

• pantheon-session
• wingpanel
• slingshot
• cerbere
• maya
• noise
• pantheon-files
• switchboard
• contractor
• pantheon-library
• indicator-displayobjects
• libindicate
• libindicator
• dbusmenu
• datetime-indicator
• me-menu
• messaging-menu
• network-menu
• session-menu
• sound-menu

Optional Packages:

• elementary-gtk
• elementary-icons
• lingo
• dexter

Packaging Status

Package	Version	Review request	Packager	Status	Comments	Position
plank	0.5.0	896193	Wesley Hearn	pass	Dock	Main
granite	0.2.3	998483	Wesley Hearn	inprogress	Granite Framework	Main
birdie	1.1	1068747	Ryan Lerch	pass	Twitter Client	Additional

How To Test

TODO

User Experience

Users will be able to install(or use a spin) of pantheon desktop as a alternative to GNOME3/KDE/XFCE

Dependencies

TODO

Contingency Plan

None needed, this is a optional set of packages that can easily be untagged.

Release Notes

• Pantheon Desktop will be available TBD(Hopefully F21-F23).

Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Features/pantheon