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== Current status ==
== Current status ==
* Targeted release: [[Releases/10|  Fedora 10]]  
* Targeted release: [[Releases/10|  Fedora 10]]  
* Last updated: 2008-08-06
* Last updated: 2008-10-22
* Percentage of completion: 40%
* Percentage of completion: 100%


* Most packages have been updated to their Gnome 2.23.6 releases
* Gnome 2.23.92 is in the F10 beta, 2.24.1 will be in F10 final
* Project Hamster is available in Fedora as package hamster-applet
* Project Hamster is available in Fedora as package hamster-applet
* Empathy is available in Fedora
* Empathy is available in Fedora
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== Detailed Description ==
== 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 [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2008-August/msg00001.html new module decisions].  In particular empathy will replace pidgin, and possibly ekiga (needs investigation).
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 [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/devel-announce-list/2008-August/msg00001.html new module decisions].  Empathy was evaluated but the desktop team felt given some missing features and bugs, it would be best to wait a cycle and reevaluate for Fedora 11.  See [[Features/Empathy]].


== Benefit to Fedora ==
== Benefit to Fedora ==
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== User Experience ==
== User Experience ==
If Pidgin was installed previously, it remains installed. On new installations we will install Empathy
Largely unchanged now.


== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==
Needs investigation. empathy requires the whole telepathy stack, which may
cause size issues on the live image. On the other hand, libpurple is huge, too.


== Contingency Plan ==
== Contingency Plan ==
* Fall back to Pidgin.
Contingency plan was to fall back to Pidgin, which we've done.


== Documentation ==
== Documentation ==


* '''FIXME'''--We'll add a link to the Gnome 2.24 release notes here when they become available.
* See the Gnome 2.24 [http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/ release notes].


== Release Notes ==
== Release Notes ==
* '''FIXME'''--Note the change in default apps, along with any notable new features.
Fedora 10 includes the latest version of the Gnome desktop. Gnome 2.24 includes
a new instant messaging application, Empathy, that replaces Pidgin as the default instant messenger in Fedora.  


For more information about what is new in Gnome, see the [http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24/ Gnome 2.24 release notes].


== Comments and Discussion ==
== Comments and Discussion ==

Latest revision as of 18:50, 5 November 2008

GNOME 2.24

Summary

Re-base to GNOME 2.24.

Owner

  • Desktop SIG

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 10
  • Last updated: 2008-10-22
  • Percentage of completion: 100%
  • Gnome 2.23.92 is in the F10 beta, 2.24.1 will be in F10 final
  • Project Hamster is available in Fedora as package hamster-applet
  • Empathy is available in Fedora
  • clutter and clutter-gtk are also packaged
  • libcanberra is packaged and the GTK+ module gets loaded by all GTK+ 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. Empathy was evaluated but the desktop team felt given some missing features and bugs, it would be best to wait a cycle and reevaluate for Fedora 11. See Features/Empathy.

Benefit to Fedora

Stay in sync with upstream.

Scope

Outstanding issues:

  • Keep tarballs updated
  • Resync image with new default apps
  • Make sure new modules and new external dependencies of Gnome 2.24 are packaged (e.g. hamster and clutter)
  • Investigate if we can drop some of the removed modules (gtksourceview and libgnomeprint). At least we should make sure they don't sneak onto a space-constrained live image

Test Plan

For Empathy:

  • Try various protocols: XMPP, MSN, etc.
  • Try using Fedora Talk.
  • Try Google Talk/XMPP.

User Experience

Largely unchanged now.

Dependencies

Contingency Plan

Contingency plan was to fall back to Pidgin, which we've done.

Documentation

Release Notes

Fedora 10 includes the latest version of the Gnome desktop. Gnome 2.24 includes a new instant messaging application, Empathy, that replaces Pidgin as the default instant messenger in Fedora.

For more information about what is new in Gnome, see the Gnome 2.24 release notes.

Comments and Discussion