diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
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index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fafef5d
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xfswitch-plugin-0.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: xfce4-xfswitch-plugin
-# $Id$
-NAME := xfce4-xfswitch-plugin
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cb204f4a507f462d019529af6f547731  xfswitch-plugin-0.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/xfce4-xfswitch-plugin.spec b/xfce4-xfswitch-plugin.spec
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+%global upname xfswitch-plugin
+
+Name:           xfce4-xfswitch-plugin
+Version:        0.0.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        User switching plugin for the Xfce4 Panel
+
+Group:          User Interface/Desktops
+License:        GPLv2+
+URL:            http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/%{upname}
+Source0:        http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/%{upname}/0.0/%{upname}-0.0.1.tar.gz
+BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
+
+BuildRequires:  xfce4-panel-devel >= 4.4
+BuildRequires:  gettext intltool
+Requires:       xfce4-panel >= 4.4.0
+Requires:       gdm
+Provides:       %{upname} = %{name}-%{version}
+
+%description
+Xfswitch-plugin is a user switching plugin for the Xfce4 Panel. It allows you 
+to leave the current session opened and open a new session with another user. 
+At the moment it relies on GDM, but other display managers will be supported 
+in the future. 
+
+
+%prep
+%setup -qn %{upname}-%{version}
+
+
+%build
+%configure --disable-static
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
+
+
+%install
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT INSTALL="install -p"
+%find_lang %{upname}
+
+
+%clean
+rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+%files -f %{upname}.lang
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%doc AUTHORS  ChangeLog COPYING NEWS README
+%{_libexecdir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/%{upname}
+%{_datadir}/xfce4/panel-plugins/*.desktop
+
+
+%changelog
+* Thu Feb 26 2009 Christoph Wickert <cwickert@fedoraproject.org> - 0.0.1-1
+- Initial RPM package