Since this: * Wed Sep 21 2005 Ray Strode <rstrode> - 1:2.12.1-3 - run gnome-power-manager if available gnome-power-manager is now run at login by gnome-settings-daemon. Apparently gnome-power-manager has a nice status icon showing the status of the battery, so there's no need for the battery applet in the default panel configuration.
* Fri Sep 30 2005 Mark McLoughlin <markmc> 2.12.0-3 - Remove hacks to add battery applet to default panel configuration where ACPI/APM is available (#169621) and GIMLET in CJK locales (#169430)