git repository for specs: one more attempt

2009-06-08 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
hello ... i'm currently tracking no less than three different specifications: * visual notifications * icon naming * (and as of today) default/preferred apps i expect to see at least two new specs added from the kde side this year: * notification area specification * wallpaper packaging

Re: git repository for specs: one more attempt

2009-06-08 Thread Jannis Pohlmann
Hey, On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:17:43 -0600 Aaron J. Seigo ase...@kde.org wrote: however, it only has value if people use it, to state the absolutely obvious. i stopped pushing this forward shortly after my last attempt to get it going due to the complete lack of interest shown by people on this

Re: git repository for specs: one more attempt

2009-06-08 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday 08 June 2009, Jannis Pohlmann wrote: first of all, I'd also like to see a repository like this for all the fd.o specifications. But why not host it on git.freedesktop.org? Are the admins not responsive enough? i'd be happy to see this on git.fd.o but i didn't feel like wading

Re: git repository for specs: one more attempt

2009-06-08 Thread Roberto Guido
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 19:11 +0200, Jannis Pohlmann wrote: But why not host it on git.freedesktop.org? Are the admins not responsive enough? Also, I see little point in a repository that doesn't contain *all* the specifications. Same problems also are emerging on Xesam list, where we are

about IM status icons

2009-06-08 Thread Nicolò Chieffo
Hello everyone, I would like to start a discussion about the status icons for chat programs Currently the icon naming spec includes those: - user-away The icon used when a user on a chat network is away from their keyboard and the chat program. - user-idle The icon used when a

Re: about IM status icons

2009-06-08 Thread Jakob Petsovits
On Monday 08 June 2009, Nicolò Chieffo wrote: In my opinion a status is currently missing: d-n-d. In KDE's Oxygen, we have user-busy for that. So +1 for getting an icon with this purpose into the spec, it's commonly used by all kinds of messaging apps. Another useful icon for new protocols is

Re: git repository for specs: one more attempt

2009-06-08 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday 08 June 2009, Roberto Guido wrote: Is it a problem about lack of resources? Is it a problem about lack of man power? Is it a problem about governance? it's a bit of all three, i think, with the first two contributing to (though not solely responsible for) the third. however, since

Re: [New] Desktop Preferred Applications Specification

2009-06-08 Thread Christoph Wickert
Am Sonntag, den 07.06.2009, 16:28 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera: On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 14:00 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: Am Sonntag, den 07.06.2009, 12:50 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera: On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 13:52 +0800, PCMan wrote: Hi list, To solve the issue that every desktop

Re: [New] Desktop Preferred Applications Specification

2009-06-08 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 02:24 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: Am Sonntag, den 07.06.2009, 16:28 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera: snip Yes, but we'd still be missing metadata to tell us how to construct the commands to launch those mailers with attachments. Why not adopt Xfce's approach?

Re: [New] Desktop Preferred Applications Specification

2009-06-08 Thread Jannis Pohlmann
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:44:05 +0100 Bastien Nocera had...@hadess.net wrote: I only mentioned Thunar as an example, because it's usage of the fdo specs for the send to menu IMO is very clean and simple. You still haven't explained what Thunar does that nautilus-sendto (or nautilus) would

Re: [New] Desktop Preferred Applications Specification

2009-06-08 Thread Manu
Christoph Wickert wrote: Just drop a desktop file in /usr/share/Thunar/sendto and you are ready to go. I don't know a file manager that offers similar functionality and IMO this should be a standard feature across all desktops +1 IMHO, panel menus should follow the same sub-directory method

Re: [New] Desktop Preferred Applications Specification

2009-06-08 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Monday 08 June 2009, Manu wrote: Christoph Wickert wrote: Just drop a desktop file in /usr/share/Thunar/sendto and you are ready to go. I don't know a file manager that offers similar functionality and IMO this should be a standard feature across all desktops +1 IMHO, panel menus

Send to spec (was: Re: [New] Desktop Preferred Applications Specification)

2009-06-08 Thread Christoph Wickert
Am Dienstag, den 09.06.2009, 01:44 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera: On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 02:24 +0200, Christoph Wickert wrote: Am Sonntag, den 07.06.2009, 16:28 +0100 schrieb Bastien Nocera: snip Yes, but we'd still be missing metadata to tell us how to construct the commands to launch

Re: Plumbers Conference X Window System track submissions

2009-06-08 Thread Keith Packard
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 22:26 -0700, Corbin Simpson wrote: As somebody who can't keep his mouth shut, would any of the following be interesting/Oh hey, you'll talk about it? Then I don't have to!: I'm supposed to be emceeing this event, not doing a solo... - omapfb, DSS/DSS2, and why embedded