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Pantheon Desktop

Summary

Pantheon Desktop is a new desktop environment being developed by the people that develop Elementary OS

Owner

People Involved - Packagers/Volunteers/Contributors

Name IRC Current work Additional info
Wesley Hearn strace Packaging UTC-5
Christopher Meng cicku Packaging 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
  • plank
  • cerbere
  • postler
  • dexter
  • maya
  • noise
  • lingo
  • marlin
  • switchboard
  • contractor
  • granite
  • 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

Packaging Status

Package Version Review request Packager Status Comments
plank 0.5.0 896193 Wesley Hearn approved Submitted to bodhi for updates-testing
granite 0.2.3 998483 Wesley Hearn review Review request submitted

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.

Documentation

Release Notes

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

Comments and Discussion