* Package name    : xfce4-taskbar-plugin
  Version         : 1.0
  Upstream Author : Nick Schermer <nick@xfce.org>
* URL             : https://git.xfce.org/archive/xfce4-taskbar-plugin
* License         : GPL2
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Windows 7 Taskbar Mimic for XFCE

xfce4-taskbar-plugin is a Windows 7 like taskbar for the XFCE desktop
environment. It has the same functionality as the window list, which is
built in to the xfce4-panel, with the added functionality to pin
applications. These pinned applications behave like launchers, allowing
you to launch new instances of the application.

There is xfce4-dockbarx-plugin, which is not packaged for debian, but it
doesn't integrate well with GTK themes. So the Taskbar Plugin is better.

I do need a sponsor. I plan on porting it to other architectures, but as
of now, I only have access to an amd64 machine. I may have others help
out as well, as I am not that good at C, so I won't be able to fix bugs
myself. I have already built the package, both binary and source. All I
need is someone to add it to the archive.

Hi,

The last commit for this software is 6 years old. I know that mature
software doesn't need update, but I doubt this is the case here. Maybe
it is abandoned upstream?

Adrien

I believe it may indeed be abandoned upstream. However, a package doesn't exist for it yet and I've only seen one minor bug that doesn't affect the functionality of the software. Packaging it would still be useful since there isn't another Windows like taskbar for XFCE in the Debian repositories.