2.16 UI Freeze Break Request for Deskbar Applet

As mentioned on desktop-devel-list and deskbar-applet-list
recently,
Deskbar Applet's new NewStuffManager feature will not be
ready by the
2.16 timeframe, and we would like to remove NSM from deskbar
2.15/2.16.

Consequently, we seek approval to break UI freeze.  An
alternative
(that is less preferred by us) is to not have a deskbar 2.16
release
and present deskbar 2.14 as part of GNOME 2.16.

In particular, this would involve
1) removing the small "Update Available"
annotation in the list, and
the two buttons "Check For Updates" and
"Update" on the Searches tab.
The "More..." button remains, since it was part
of 2.14.
http://blogs.gnome.org/attachment/nigeltao/2
006/07/30/0/updates2.png

2) removing the "New Extensions" preferences tab
(and the associated
installation progress dialog)
http://blogs.gnome.org/attachment/nige
ltao/2006/07/30/0/new-extensions.png

This is a non-trivial (but straightforward, IMHO) patch.

Apologies for bringing this up so late in the release cycle.
Nigel (wearing the deskbar-applet maintainer hat)
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<quote who="Nigel Tao">

> As mentioned on desktop-devel-list and
deskbar-applet-list recently,
> Deskbar Applet's new NewStuffManager feature will not
be ready by the 2.16
> timeframe, and we would like to remove NSM from deskbar
2.15/2.16.

Yeah, I think this is a good idea; this feature needs a lot
of consideration
before we ship it for real.

- Jeff

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On 8/5/06, Jeff Waugh <jdubperkypants.org> wrote:
> <quote who="Nigel Tao">
>
> > As mentioned on desktop-devel-list and
deskbar-applet-list recently,
> > Deskbar Applet's new NewStuffManager feature will
not be ready by the 2.16
> > timeframe, and we would like to remove NSM from
deskbar 2.15/2.16.
>
> Yeah, I think this is a good idea; this feature needs a
lot of consideration
> before we ship it for real.

Sounds good to me as well; 2 of 2.  Thanks for being
proactive in
seeking comments from others.  
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