2008/7/8 Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian Fleeger wrote: >> Actually, since it would be hosted by Canonical as opposed to Gnome, >> this would not be a fork. Gnome gets used by many distros, but only >> Canonical would want to control their unique user experience. >> Therefore it would only be appropriate for such a feature to be >> Ubuntu-specific, i.e. down-stream. > > Incorrect. If the idea is to add things (a button or what have you) to > an app for users to click on that's a code fork. Staying as close to > upstream is always the name of the game.
Have you perhaps heard about patching? Patches can even be applied upstream if you engage the maintainers with patches and beers. So; write a generic interface for a webservice in a stand-alone app (or tweak an existing one) and have an integration patch included in gnome-appearance-applet upstream. While not done in an hour it should not be rocket science. Perhaps one ought to look at what Capuchin could bring to the equation: http://capuchin.k-d-w.org/ Cheers, Mikkel -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
