Boxes (was Re: 3.4 Features, final round)
Le dimanche 06 novembre 2011, à 17:06 +0100, Frederic Peters a écrit : + Boxes https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes → many commits, mclasen will push the developers to blog a progress report once they have something to show While Boxes look interesting, to me, it feels like it's just an application, and not a feature per se. And I'm not saying that in a negative way :-) So unless I'm missing something, I wouldn't track that as a 3.4 feature. We can of course talk about the app when promoting 3.4, though. Cheers, Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: 3.4 Features, final round
On So, 2011-11-06 at 17:06 +0100, Frederic Peters wrote: Hello all, It's about time to decide on the major features we'll track for 3.4. Actually the release team already met yesterday and did a quick round up of the proposed features, here's a summary (title/url) of them as well a a quick release team note. If you feel that something important hasn't been mentioned yet about a proposal, or if you have questions or comments about them, go ahead and speak now. What about Sharing? Zeeshan proposed it again for 3.4 after the initial feature request mail . ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Support vala plugins in gnome-settings-daemon
Dear gnome-developers, I've started a branch to allow writing plugins for gnome-settings-daemon in Vala. It's really convenient to be able to write plugins in Vala; it requires subclassing a GObject class which is very nontrivial in C but very easy in Vala. For now, I've only added an empty dummy plugin, but I'd like to use it later. This requires an extra dependency on valac, but only at distribution time; I believe that automake's support for vala actually includes the intermediate C files in the tarball, so the user doesn't need the vala compiler. The branch can be found at [1]. I'm no autotools or vala wizard, so I will really appreciate any your feedback you may have. Best regards, Timo Kluck [1] https://gitorious.org/~tkluck/gnome-settings-daemon/vala-plugins ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: Support vala plugins in gnome-settings-daemon
On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 14:14 +0100, Timo Kluck wrote: Dear gnome-developers, I've started a branch to allow writing plugins for gnome-settings-daemon in Vala. We use the gnomecc list (copied) for gnome-settings-daemon and gnome-control-center development, or you can find us on #control-center on GIMPNet IRC. It's really convenient to be able to write plugins in Vala; it requires subclassing a GObject class which is very nontrivial in C but very easy in Vala. For now, I've only added an empty dummy plugin, but I'd like to use it later. This requires an extra dependency on valac, but only at distribution time; I believe that automake's support for vala actually includes the intermediate C files in the tarball, so the user doesn't need the vala compiler. The branch can be found at [1]. Is there any particular reason why you want to develop plugins in vala? gnome-settings-daemon is not a general-purpose application, and I do not know of any third-party plugins to it (meaning that all the plugins live in gnome-settings-daemon and that, as maintainers, we would prefer seeing plugins written in C). I'm no autotools or vala wizard, so I will really appreciate any your feedback you may have. So, do you have a particular reason why you would want to write a new plugin in Vala? Cheers ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: Boxes (was Re: 3.4 Features, final round)
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: Le dimanche 06 novembre 2011, à 17:06 +0100, Frederic Peters a écrit : + Boxes https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes → many commits, mclasen will push the developers to blog a progress report once they have something to show While Boxes look interesting, to me, it feels like it's just an application, and not a feature per se. And I'm not saying that in a negative way :-) You are correct in the sense that it is 'an' application and not 'a' feature. It is more like 2 essential features combined in one: 1. Remote display: It is very common to own/having to deal with multiple machines these days so many users really need ability to easily connect to remote machines (virtual and real). 2. Trying out OSs: Each time we release GNOME, I really want to try it out and I know many people who do. Same goes for distros but people usually try to avoid risks and therefore most people wait till the OS in question is stable enough. I have even seen people avoid trying out an OS just because they are too scared of it doing any harm to their computers. Users will definitely appreciate an easy and completely secure way to try out OSs. I think these features are very essential and therefore should be available in every GNOME installation out of the box. -- Regards, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) FSF member#5124 ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
Re: Boxes (was Re: 3.4 Features, final round)
Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote: On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Vincent Untz vu...@gnome.org wrote: Le dimanche 06 novembre 2011, à 17:06 +0100, Frederic Peters a écrit : + Boxes https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/Boxes → many commits, mclasen will push the developers to blog a progress report once they have something to show While Boxes look interesting, to me, it feels like it's just an application, and not a feature per se. And I'm not saying that in a negative way :-) You are correct in the sense that it is 'an' application and not 'a' feature. It is more like 2 essential features combined in one: 1. Remote display: It is very common to own/having to deal with multiple machines these days so many users really need ability to easily connect to remote machines (virtual and real). Talking about connecting to remote machines, how will Boxes coexist with Vinagre? Do you expect its features to be available via Boxes by 3.4 time, or should both of them coexist for a while? David, what's your take on this? 2. Trying out OSs: Each time we release GNOME, I really want to try it out and I know many people who do. Same goes for distros but people usually try to avoid risks and therefore most people wait till the OS in question is stable enough. I have even seen people avoid trying out an OS just because they are too scared of it doing any harm to their computers. Users will definitely appreciate an easy and completely secure way to try out OSs. I appreciate Boxes could help here but really, trying out OSs is not a common hobby :) Fred ___ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
