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====== Introduction ======

Xfce environment and its ports on %%FreeBSD%%.

====== Team Members ======

  * ChrisRees
  * EmanuelHaupt
  * MartinWilke
  * GuidoFalsi (madpilot@)

Contributors:

  * OlivierDuchateau

====== Contact ======

Feel free to connect and ask questions or discuss a future of Xfce on %%FreeBSD%%.

  * [[https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-xfce|freebsd-xfce mailing list]]
  * IRC: #freebsd-xfce on [[IRC|Efnet]]

====== Development ======

This section describes development, notes.

===== Repository =====

URL: https://www.assembla.com/spaces/xfce4/subversion/source

<callout type="warning">
**About trunk branch**

There're only **unstable releases** (and some new applications / plugins not yet in ports tree).
</callout>

Below graph of Xfce's dependencies chain used in ''%%Mk/Uses/xfce.mk%%''.

{{xfce/xfce4.png?linkonly|{{xfce/xfce4.png?323}}}}

==== Get xfcemerge script ====

[[https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/xfce4/trunk/Tools/scripts/xfcemerge|xfcemerge]] is available in ''%%trunk/Tools/scripts%%'' directory, in order to update your ports tree .

Usage:

<code>
# sh xfcemerge -h
usage: xfcemerge [-c] [-m] [-r]

options:
  -c    Checkout the Xfce devel repo
  -m    Merge into the ports tree
  -r    Remove local changes in ports tree
</code>

===== Bugs =====

[[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?email1=xfce&emailassigned_to1=1&emailcc1=1&emaillongdesc1=1&emailreporter1=1&emailtype1=substring&list_id=183474&order=bug_id&query_format=advanced&resolution=---|Bugzilla PRs]]

==== Ports ====

  * <del>[[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199175|PR199175]]</del>
  * <del>[[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199166|PR199166]]</del>
  * <del>[[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182561|PR182561]]</del>
  * <del>[[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=177616|PR177616]]</del>
  * <del>[[https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165685|PR165685]]</del>

===== What's New? =====

Changes between 4.10 and <del>4.11</del> 4.12:

  * Adwaita is default icons theme
  * %%SLiM%% replaces Gdm in meta port (''%%x11-wm/xfce4%%'') [[http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=376142|r376142]]
  * GTK3 option is enabled by default in ''%%x11/libxfce4menu%%'' (mandatory for ''%%multimedia/xfce4-parole%%'')
  * GTK3 is optional for ''%%misc/xfce4-appfinder%%'', ''%%editors/mousepad%%'' (unset) and ''%%x11-wm/xfce4-panel%%'' (set, for better support of Gtk3 applications)
  * GStreamer 1.0 is enabled by default in ''%%multimedia/xfce4-parole%%'' (we follow upstream changes)
  * Support of GTK3 was dropped in ''%%x11-themes/gtk-xfce-engine%%'' (see [[https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce4-dev/2015-February/031062.html|discussion]])
  * Wallpaper plugin (Thunar) set by default

Short [[https://people.freebsd.org/~olivierd/xfce4-4.11-screencast.webm|video]], which shows significant changes to the end user.

Changes between 4.12 and 4.13:

  * Switch to Gtk3

^ Port ^ Version ^ Branch ^ Note ^
| multimedia/xfce4-parole | 0.9.1 | trunk | 1 |
| sysutils/garcon | 0.5.0 | trunk | 2 |
| sysutils/xfce4-settings | 4.13.0 | trunk | 3, 4 |
| x11/libexo | 0.11.2 | trunk |  |
| x11/libxfce4menu | 4.13.1 | trunk |  |
| x11/xfce4-dashboard | 0.7.1 | trunk | 4 |
| x11/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin | 2.1.0 | trunk | 4 |
| x11-wm/xfce4-wm | 4.13.0 | trunk |  |

  - Support of GStreamer 0.10 has been removed
  - Support both GTK2 and GTK3
  - Require Gtk3 >= 3.20 (current patch is not good enough)
  - Require sysutils/garcon >= 0.5, x11/libexo >= 0.11 and x11/libxfce4menu >= 4.13

====== FAQ ======

A review is available [[https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1305|D1305]]. This document might be outdated.

**How to use ''%%ConsoleKit2%%''?**

1. Get the port:

<code>
svn co https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/xfce4/trunk/sysutils/consolekit
</code>

2. Copy it to your ports tree

3. Rebuild every port (installed on your system), which depends of ''%%sysutils/consolekit%%''.

  * ''%%audio/pulseaudio%%''
  * ''%%ports-mgmt/packagekit%%''
  * ''%%sysutils/hal%%''
  * ''%%x11/cinnamon-session%%''
  * ''%%x11/gdm%%''
  * ''%%x11/gnome-session%%''
  * ''%%x11/kde4-workspace%%''
  * ''%%x11/mate-session-manager%%''
  * ''%%x11/slim%%''
  * ''%%x11-wm/xfce4-session%%''
  * ''%%www/gnome-user-share%%''

**Xfce supports %%PulseAudio%%?**

Yes :)

{{xfce/freebsd-pulseaudio.png?linkonly|{{xfce/freebsd-pulseaudio.png?280}}}}

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{{tag>Ports Team}}