On Thursday, April 14, 2011 01:39:43 PM Ted Gould wrote: > On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 09:49 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote: > > Unless it's a package developed specifically for Ubuntu, it's really not > > a bug in the package from an upstream perspective. Some upstreams will > > choose to support Ubuntu specific requirements and others won't. For > > those that don't, either users will lose out on functionality or we'll > > have to develop and maintain Ubuntu specific patches. > > > > I doubt it's supportable to deal with Ubuntu patches for all the relevant > > Universe packages. We also know there are some important applicaitons > > that can't/won't support the migration, so it's either live with a > > legacy notification area or not support these packages. I suspect that, > > in the interest of giving the users fully functional applications we'll > > come down on the side of supporting the notification area for these > > packages. It makes sense to me, given that, just to plan on supporting > > it generally for applications that use it. > > I hope that one day we can get to the point of having UI requirements on > applications within the Ubuntu process similar to the security > requirements that exist with an MIR today. > > So, for instance a package couldn't be in the Ubuntu archive: > * if it required the system tray > * didn't support localization > * didn't have basic accessibility support > * doesn't provide any user documentation > * uses it's own notification system instead of the FD.o one > > I think part of making the overall Ubuntu experience better is > increasing the quality of all applications we ship, and one way to do > that is by increasing our own standards. Of course, we're a ways away > from this right now, but I think looking in this direction is helpful. > > --Ted
Broad upstream support for Ubuntu's preferred technologies is a prerequisite to this. I agree it's a good goal, but I think it's premature to be breaking UX for packages that don't support Ubuntu's preferences. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
