Proposal about gnome-bluetooth

Mackenzie Morgan macoafi at gmail.com
Mon Dec 24 03:25:49 UTC 2007


I'll second the part about "if hardware is detected" (both during and
post-install).

On Dec 23, 2007 1:31 PM, Ricardo Pérez López <ricardo at iesdonana.org> wrote:

> Hi, list:
>
> Bluetooth devices are very common among average computer users, so to
> ease the use of that devices in Ubuntu could be a Good Thing.
>
> I would like to propose the following points about gnome-bluetooth:
>
> 1. Promote gnome-bluetooth from universe to main.
>
> 2. Install it by default in any desktop installations, or maybe install
> it only if the installer detects Bluetooth hardware.
>
> 3. If the user installs a Bluetooth hardware (for example, the user
> plugs an USB Bluetooth adapter), the system must installs the
> gnome-bluetooth package automatically, if it's not already installed.
> (This point is done by Guadalinex [http://www.guadalinex.org], a Spanish
> Ubuntu-derived distro.)
>
> 4. When the user activates the Bluetooth adapter, the gnome-obex-server
> application must be started automatically, in order to let the user to
> receive files via Bluetooth. (This point is done by Guadalinex, too.)
>
> I reported this as a bug/wishlist in Launchpad some time ago:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/160022
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ricardo Pérez (https://launchpad.net/~ricardo<https://launchpad.net/%7Ericardo>
> )
>
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