Features/GNOME2 24

GNOME 2.24

Summary

Re-base to GNOME 2.24.

Owner

• Desktop SIG

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 10
• Last updated: 2008-08-06
• Percentage of completion: 40%
• Outstanding issues:
  • Keep tarballs updated
  • Resync image with new default apps

Detailed Description

The main point of this feature is that GNOME in 2.24 has committed to adding several new modules. We will look at updating the Fedora Desktop image around the GNOME new module decisions. In particular empathy will replace pidgin, and possibly ekiga (needs investigation).

Benefit to Fedora

Stay in sync with upstream.

Test Plan

For Empathy:

• Try various protocols: XMPP, MSN, etc.

User Experience

If Pidgin was installed previously, it remains installed. On new installations we will

Dependencies

Needs investigation.

Contingency Plan

• Fall back to Pidgin.

Release Notes

Note the change in default apps, along with any notable new features.

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