System->Administration cleanup

Jonathan Ernst jonathan at ernstfamily.ch
Tue Oct 21 12:48:39 UTC 2008


Hello,

I reported and subscribed to different bugs asking to move things into
and out from System->Administration GNOME menu.

Sebastien Bacher wrote that these were not bugs and should be discussed
on the list instead.

So here you are :

system monitor should be moved in accessories, don't belong in
administration
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286929

system-cleaner should go in System->Administration, not in applications
as it requires a password and is used for administrative tasks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286458

network tools should be moved in Internet, don't belong in
administration
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286931

The discussion stemmed from this bug :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274714

I always explain my users that System->Preferences modifies things about
the current user and System->Administration modifies system related
things (requiring a password and affecting all users). However some
applications in these places make my "definition" wrong.

What do you people think about it ?

Thanks and best regards





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