Re: Re: Proposal for reducing the number of unremovable apps in GNOME Software

2017-11-07 Thread Adrien Plazas via desktop-devel-list
Le mar. 7 nov. 2017 à 16:11, PWR PWR a écrit : Great discussion! I would encourage making things as customization and personalized as possible, as a principle of open source software. *snip* having them hard-coded is simply going back to what large corporations are doing

Re: Proposal for reducing the number of unremovable apps in GNOME Software

2017-11-07 Thread Shaun McCance
On Mon, 2017-11-06 at 11:15 +, Allan Day wrote: > Emmanuele Bassi wrote: > ... > > > > This does not mean that gnome-screenshot should be made > > unremovable, > > but it definitely needs some additional thought. > > > > Documentation is another factor to consider.

Re: Proposal for reducing the number of unremovable apps in GNOME Software

2017-11-07 Thread PWR PWR
Great discussion! I would encourage making things as customization and personalized as possible, as a principle of open source software. Let's not make things required and unremovable to the fullest extent possible, to avoid leading consumers down a path of what's right or wrong according to

Re: Proposal for reducing the number of unremovable apps in GNOME Software

2017-11-07 Thread mcatanzaro
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Allan Day wrote: 3. I guess I just find it strange that this mechanism is so decentralised. Can anyone use ? Yes. Who makes the decisions about what's included and what isn't? How is that monitored and managed? Application developers make

Re: Proposal for reducing the number of unremovable apps in GNOME Software

2017-11-07 Thread Allan Day
Bastien Nocera wrote: ... > I don't think that applications such as Calendar, Contacts, or finding > and reminding apps should be removed from the requirements for a well- > rounded, default desktop. How they're installed is a technical question > that's not relevant to the