Bug#645465: gnome-shell: [upgrade to gnome3] *deletes* old panel data

[Michael Biebl]

severity 645465 wishlist
retitle 645465 import configuration from gnome 2 panel (like quick launch icons)
thanks

Am 16.10.2011 01:23, schrieb Norbert Preining:
> Package: gnome-shell
> Version: 3.0.2-5
> Severity: serious
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> many things have changed with gnome3, but that it wipes my panels configurations
> and removes entries that were carefully hand-crafted starters is a serious
> violation of the policy NOT to delete any user data.
> 
> If they cannot be carried over, they should be disabled, copied somewhere
> else, whatever, but NOT WIPED!
> 
> Thanks to the gnome devs for this great piece of ....

Thanks for staying technical.

gnome-shell is a completely different piece of software which e.g. doesn't
support GNOME 2 style panel applets. So it is no surprise that your old panel
(applet) configurations no longer work.
gnome-shell doesn't delete your user data, it simply doesn't read your old
gnome2 panel configuration data. That is an important difference and the
severity thus is not justified.

As said, gnome-shell doesn't support GNOME 2 style applets, so there is no
configuration really that we can import. The same basically holds true for your
custom panel layouts. This is simply something that is by design.

What we can possibly do, is import the old GNOME 2 panel quicklaunch icons into
the side panel.

Cheers,
Michael

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