On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 12:31 +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hello Matthias, Dave, > > Matthias Clasen [2011-05-13 8:33 -0400]: > > > * Language Selector, which allows you to configure your language and > > > fallbacks ($LANGUAGE/$LC_MESSAGES), locale ($LANG), list of > > > installed languages (packages which provide translations, > > > dictionaries, OO.o help, etc.), and input method.This can probably > > > be integrated into the now existing GNOME 3 module. > > > > Language selection is in the region panel, and the plan is indeed to > > have input method configuration integrated there as well. > > Unfortunately, we lack a person with the necessary skills and > > knowledge to really drive this, currently. Cooperation in this area > > would be highly appreciated. > > I am not quite happy about some parts of the current Ubuntu language > selector UI, so we want to make some changes anyway. It got quite a > bit more complex over the years due to user demands in some regions of > the world (like separate LC_MESSAGES and LANG setting), as well as > integration of extra package installation (language specific word > lists, hyphenation patterns, spell check dicts, etc.). If at least > some of these features are desired to have in upstream c-c, I'd be > happy to discuss the design with Dave and/or c-c maintainers (not in > this thread though, please) and then work on an implementation, and > then we can provide the rest of it (like packaging integration) as an > Ubuntu patch. If we stop having a separate package for this, I'm of > course interested in keeping the latter relatively small.
This is something we actually want, as per the mockups in https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/RegionAndLanguage If you're interested in providing patches, see us on #control-center > > > * system-config-printer: We decided to continue to use that > > > instead of the GNOME 3 c-c one. s-c-p is a lot more complete and > > > proven. > > > > Hmm; this is an example of the pick-and-match mindset that pits > > downstreams against upstreams. Can't we cooperate on making the > > printer panel good enough for everybody ? > > I don't see a reason why it wouldn't be technically possible. However, > it will take quite some time until all the missing features will be > added to the new GNOME printer applet, and unlike the locale selector > I won't have time to help with this particular item; I guess this > would be a question for Tim Waugh and Till Kamppeter. My gut feeling > is that it is certainly technically possible and desirable, but will > take some time, and until then we'd rather not break printing for > everyone (we can switch over when it's ready). Please make sure you at least file bugs for those missing features. Marek is doing a lot of work on this, and it would be a shame to miss out on particular features just because nobody told bugzilla. Cheers _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
