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Package request: xfdashboard (GNOME like overview for xfce)
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Description
Package name
xfdashboard
Package homepage
https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboard/
Description
xfdashboard provides a gnome-like overview which helps a lot with managing windows. It also comes with a simple app launcher for convenience. xfdashboard is an official xfce plugin and has a documentation entry in its own docs. Here are its dependencies: https://docs.xfce.org/apps/xfdashboard/start (listed in the "Required Packages" section)
Does the requested package meet the package requirements?
System, Compiled
Is the requested package released?
Yes
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the xfdashboard homepage and its documentation entry, especially the "Required Packages" section linked in the issue. Review how this package request maps its listed dependencies into the repository, and consider the work done when xfdashboard is available as a Void package with its required dependencies represented.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100