Public bug reported: After further discussion on #ubuntu-motu.
budgie-desktop (v10.2.9) by default does not have app-indicator support. It uses nm-applet to display its connection information in its (X11) system tray. By default Ubuntu has a patch to switch the default display of nm-applet to desktops running an app-indicators applet. For desktops that don't natively support app-indicators, nm-applet will not display in their system tray whereas in Debian those desktops will display nm-applet correctly. I maintain budgie-desktop via Debian - so when it is sync'd, nm-applet will not display without a very specific ubuntu patch to add the "--no- indictor" param to nm-applet when running. - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie-desktop/+bug/1653739 Thus this exacerbates the need for specific Ubuntu patching and maintenance rather than having vanilla Debian syncs. If there is a better way to handle this, please let me know - I raise this bug-report really to seek if Ubuntu's version of nm-applet can be tweaked to have better handling of these types of situations in the long term i.e. if only to have a discussion and find out what the intention is (eg. if everyone else is supposed/required to maintain a delta as a consequence or not). ** Affects: network-manager-applet (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to network-manager-applet in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1653971 Title: Support automatically desktops that do not use app-indicators Status in network-manager-applet package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After further discussion on #ubuntu-motu. budgie-desktop (v10.2.9) by default does not have app-indicator support. It uses nm-applet to display its connection information in its (X11) system tray. By default Ubuntu has a patch to switch the default display of nm- applet to desktops running an app-indicators applet. For desktops that don't natively support app-indicators, nm-applet will not display in their system tray whereas in Debian those desktops will display nm- applet correctly. I maintain budgie-desktop via Debian - so when it is sync'd, nm-applet will not display without a very specific ubuntu patch to add the "--no-indictor" param to nm-applet when running. - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/budgie- desktop/+bug/1653739 Thus this exacerbates the need for specific Ubuntu patching and maintenance rather than having vanilla Debian syncs. If there is a better way to handle this, please let me know - I raise this bug-report really to seek if Ubuntu's version of nm-applet can be tweaked to have better handling of these types of situations in the long term i.e. if only to have a discussion and find out what the intention is (eg. if everyone else is supposed/required to maintain a delta as a consequence or not). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-applet/+bug/1653971/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
