> @sfantu: Thanks for the answer. Yes, I am aware of the patch provided by > Julien and I thank him for that. I am currently using the patch. > However, as I am to understand from comment #55 ( > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify- > osd/+bug/438536/comments/55 ), if a new "official" version is added the > changes added in this patch will be lost. I think that it is all of our > goals to have the "better" version as official. >
Well, the changes will be lost in the sense that a newer version of the package would appear in the repositories, and your update manager would update you to that version. As Julien said, he would then just update his own PPA package; however, you are correct in that having to jump through this hoop is not ideal. @ace386: We all here had that kind of experiences either with our > friends or ourselves. However, from the developers point of view, a > handful of users posting in this thread are nowhere near a majority, nor > is the majority of Ubuntu users qualified to say what is better for > "brand new" users (as we're all, more or less, customization freaks). > This is why I'm for the vote/poll/research that will settle this for > good. The devs have come up with a design that meets their requirements. I am not 100% convinced that their list of requirements is complete, and so I have been working on one of my own that I plan to post to the Ayatana mailing list soon. I intend to follow up that list with a trade study objectively comparing several different solutions, one of which is the current Ubuntu default behaviour, and one of which is the old Jaunty behaviour reinstated by Julien's package. This should eliminate some of the solutions for not meeting requirements, and should show objectively where the others stand with respect to each other. /After/ all of that comes the subjective comparison -- each of the solutions that passes the trade study should be evaluated based on subjective metrics, such as aesthetics, code complexity, etc. I will provide a link here once I get all of this posted to the mailing list. -- Scott Armitage, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. candidate Space Flight Laboratory University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3H 5T6 -- Notifications should show up closer to top right https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/438536 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
