On Fri, 20.01.12 15:06, Sebastien Bacher ([email protected]) wrote: > > Le 20/01/2012 13:00, Olav Vitters a écrit : > >It is called systemd, and it is NOT a dependency. What we depend on is > >a few simple dbus APIs. If an OS doesn't implement those APIs, certain > >functionality won't work. These APIs have been implemented in systemd, > >but they can (and are being) implemented elsewhere. > > > >What I've said above is nothing new btw (to me). It has been discussed > >openly, think on this mailing list. > > > >What I am suggesting now is that we clearly document this (depend on the > >API being implemented). > Hi, > > Ok, so as a distributor of GNOME I think that what we (Ubuntu) would > like to see: > - some public list of what services GNOME rely on to be fully working > - some public announce earlier in the cycle, or if possible one > cycle in advance of what API will need to be provided for the next > GNOME release to be fully working > - some details (spec?) about the API used for those who want to > implement compatible ones > > It's fine to be using new services but if GNOME wants distributors > to provide a good GNOME experience system requirements should be > announced in advances with a clear description of the protocol to > give enough time to integrators to work on providing those services.
You know, your complaining would be a bit more believable if Google wouldn't find this for us: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-p-systemd-packagekit So, the problem set has been known for a while, a number of Canonical desktop team members have been subscribed to that page, the documentation for the interfaces is all available, some code has already been written by Canonical. So I really don't see what went wrong here, except maybe that Canonical's internal communication didn't work out so well? Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
