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I tried running a -Syu this morning.
Pacman refused to proceed unless I agreed to remove fast-user-switch-applet and replace it with something called extra/gdm.
I'm imagining that this is OK, otherwise it wouldn't have gotten into the update, but I'm taking a guess that pacman wants to update my Gnome desktop, and that fast-user-switch-applet has been superceded by something else. Am I close? I'd just like to know a bit better what's going on before I say Y.
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Eddie
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Yes the fast-user-switch-applet was merged into the gdm package. You shouldn't worry about it but for future reference when in doubt you should check arch's svn logs for info about these merges.
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Thanks; the update went well and Arch is probably even more stable and perky than ever now.
I'm curious about searching the SVN logs, though; are those the things I find in http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/community/ and http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/packages/ ? I tried looking for fast-user-switch-applet and couldn't find it, which made sense because it might have been removed from the repos, but I couldn't find "gdm" or "gnome-desktop" or "gnome"-anything, or "emacs". I had the feeling that I'd stumbled into a space that was of most use to developers. Likewise, anything I turned up in the Wiki about svn seems oriented to those more accomplished than myself.
I guess I need some guidance here: am I looking in the right place for package news and should just be patient and learn how to use it better, or am I wandering down a wrong path?
Thanks,
Eddie
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