On 09/26/2013 11:21 AM, Allan Day wrote: > Ray Morris <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Not be be a jerk, but can you seriously post that with a straight face? ... >>> didn't turn up anything about the middle mouse button until last week >>> and that bugzilla has several people begging that the behavior not be >>> changed. I don't see how that can be considered a "proposal" or "discussion" >> >> The bugzilla commit completely disabled middle-yank, so yes that appears to >> be a proposal to change the behavior. >> It was temporarily reverted with the message "we'll defer this change until >> the next cycle". The way that's >> worded, it sounds like it's not just a proposal to do so, it's a decision to >> do so. >> >> According to the record, what we had was a commit that actually eliminated >> the functionality (by default), >> followed by _discussion_ (Mathias' word) between Mathias, Allan and Jakup to >> delay it. The committer certainly >> considered it a "discussion", that's what he called it. You may disagree >> with his wording, but I suspect he >> did in fact post that with a straight face. > > When we discussed this, we talked about a range of things that we want > to address in the 3.12 cycle, including a fleshed-out design for text > selections, new text insertion functionality, and the need to have > public discussion. It certainly wasn't simply a question of "should we > remove it now or in 6 months time?" > > Hastily written one line commit message won't give you much insight, > and will always be misleading if you read too much into them. So again > - please don't jump to conclusions, and give us chance to publish a > more detailed plan. > > Allan
Hello Allan, I'm asking you from the position of being a linux user that had used middle click for years, 10 or more. How often do you use this functionality in your daily use of gnome? please answer honestly and I want a straight answer, don't give me a marketing answer. The proposed designed is broken from start. Middle click should never change its behavior. It's crucial to have it in the way is it right now. -- Ionuț _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
