[gnome-bluetooth] import error: gnomebt

[Bastien Nocera]

On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 18:27 +0200, Thomas Breitner wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 23.08.2006, 17:05 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
> > On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 17:51 +0200, Thomas Breitner wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, den 22.08.2006, 23:22 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera:
> > > > On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 19:25 +0200, Thomas Breitner wrote:
> > > > > hi,
> > <snip>
> > > > You don't want to use this version of gnome-bluetooth-manager, it
> > > > doesn't do anything useful.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > hi, 
> > > 
> > > if i don't want to use this version/package - which one should i want to
> > > use :-) (instead of gnome-bluetooth-manager, which you mentioned to be
> > > replaced soon).
> > 
> > gnome-bluetooth-manager isn't the only application in gnome-bluetooth.
> > You also have an OBEX Send client and server, and widgets needed for
> > gnome-phone-manager for example.
> > 
> > What were you trying to do exactly?
> > 
> 
> you may laugh, but i will use the features the software provides, so
> perhaps things like:
> * notification if some bt-devices come in range

It will be (at some point) in gnome-phone-manager:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312262

> * pairing bt-devices

The new gnome-bluetooth-manager will be able to do that, not the current
one...

> * managing/transfering files on bt-devices (pictures) (ok, this is the
> gnome-obex-server part)

Yep.

> * if there would be a button for syncing the phonebook without starting
> multisync by hand

Nope. That's not the goal. But adding other actions to the "comes into
range" functionality is certainly possible

> * impress my girlfriend, and and and

Good luck with that ;)

> i tried g-b-m because *manager* sounds a lot like the central place in
> gnome for managing/bundling bt-related functions - and i like the
> concept of "one place rules them all" (pardon my english).

The gnome-bluetooth-manager (the current one) was started, but never
finished. Matthew Garrett wrote a new one as part of his SoC project,
and we'll be integrating his work in the coming months.

Don't hold you breath though...

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