On Sat, 2007-09-08 at 08:23 -0500, Rajko M. wrote: > This is the answer in discussion on > http://en.opensuse.org/Talk:Wishlist_Gnome > Here is transcript: > > >> more categories is good idea, but desktop list will bring more > >> problems than it will solve > >> 1) lists by desktops will be huge and that is directly against your goal, > >> to clean them up. > > > > 1) the size doesn't matter as long as it's readable, the old wishlists > > were such a mess, devs and repo maintainers were more likely discouraged > > from reading it than being overwhelmed > > They did look at, for sure. The FATE, feature tracking system, is closed for > non employees, so the only way to propose new features, which includes new > softare are various wish lists on the wiki. > > >> 2) it is irrelevant division, application will run, if it has all > >> libraries, on any desktop. Have you ever run KDE or GNOME applications > >> in fvwm, xfce, window manager, twm etc, they work just as fine as in native > >> desktop environment. > > > > 2) while that's true, the new separation of the gnome and kde installation > > CD's in 10.3 acquires us to start considering more desktop dependent apps, > > users who'd rather not install extra libs for programs that are meant to > > work on other desktop environments should get what they want, because > > it's more efficient, this is how it works in most distro's. that and > > the fact that some applications are absolutely desktop dependent > > (i.e, mail notification, gimmie panel, tomboy reminder, KDE startup manager, > > etc..) > > That is OK. The problem is that application should be listed in all relevant > lists. That is asking for maintainer to keep all in sync. For developer was > easier to have one page, even in a mess and look diff to find what new was > added, than to check 2 or 3 items that are the same. > > The same is valid for users. If they select right category, though :-( > > IMHO, wiki is not good medium for feature/software requests, but for now we > have to live with it. > > >> 3) where to put applications that will run on any desktop, as long as X > >> server is running > > > > 3) any other wishlist should do just fine for non-desktop specific apps, > > the Gnome/KDE wishlist is only meant to serve a certain type of package > > requests, you can already see some examples on both lists. > > OK. > > >> 4) where to put applications that need no desktop. > > 4) --> 3)
great! since we initially agree on the principle, i've added Gnome and KDE to the [PackageWishlist] template here: http://en.opensuse.org/Template:PackageWishlist ..and here are the Gnome and KDE wishlists for those who want to review them: http://en.opensuse.org/Wishlist_Gnome http://en.opensuse.org/Wishlist_KDE Regards, Munkii --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
