Summary: | x11-libs/libnotify should (not? optionally?) pop up notifications over full screen foreground window | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Vince C. <vincent.cadet> |
Component: | [OLD] Library | Assignee: | Freedesktop bugs <freedesktop-bugs> |
Status: | RESOLVED UPSTREAM | ||
Severity: | enhancement | ||
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
See Also: | https://launchpad.net/bugs/28752 | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Vince C.
2012-05-30 20:57:48 UTC
Wrong tracking system for direct feature requests in the programs itself. Try these instead: For libnotify and notification-daemon: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/ For notify-osd: http://launchpad.net/notify-osd For xfce4-notifyd: http://bugzilla.xfce.org/ > Wrong tracking system for direct feature requests in the programs itself.
Yes, Samuli, I know this is not the right place. Fact is the maintainers of libnotify have clearly stated (if I have understood it correctly) they wouldn't change how libnotify works. I admin asking Gentoo (or any other distribution maintainers) is counter-productive and definitely not the way to go but then I (as well as other users) need a hint...
Any suggestion?
Well if upstream says 'no' then there is not much we can do. We don't patch upstream code like that in order to add new features. We try to stay as close to upstream as possible. (In reply to comment #3) > Well if upstream says 'no' then there is not much we can do. We don't patch > upstream code like that in order to add new features. We try to stay as > close to upstream as possible. That doesn't sound too reassuring then. What is left then? Fork libnotify? Probably patch libnotify yourself in your local overlay :-/ (In reply to comment #5) > Probably patch libnotify yourself in your local overlay :-/ Yes, I guess that's the least demanding task of both. Would probably mean months of annoyance till I come up with a solution. Well, in the end nothing's impossible to a coder, eh? ;) I'll try digging the dirt and see what I can do. While I'm no n00b in C/C++, I am totally ignorant in all the GTK/GTK++ matters, best practices and the likes. Any hint/advice/documentation I need to follow? Better wait for other team members as I am neither a coder :( (In reply to comment #7) > Better wait for other team members as I am neither a coder :( Not a problem as I expect I'll need some time, you see ;) . |