suggest policy: all GUI apps that display files/folders right-click copies full path

[Tom H]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> Colin Law schreef op 28-03-2016 18:38:
>>
>> Are these not issues for upstream Nautilus developers to consider
>> rather than Ubuntu?
>
> The point is really that if people "downstream" *care* their voice becomes
> stronger 'upstream'.
>
> If a number of people downstream say "hey, yes this is a great idea" it is
> no longer one single person trying to knock at the upstream door. Now it is
> an important downstream user (like, a part of, or, the entire Ubuntu thing)
> that tries to make a voice be heard, and this kinda changes things.
>
> If downstream pulls its hands off of the idea, upstream is not really going
> to be interested in it either. So that is a very non-functional way to
> approach things, it is like destroying the bridges you have before you even
> cross them.

This isn't how upstream development's working.

For example, look at all of the user push-back against the Gnome Shell
and Unity UIs. The upstream developers stood by their guns.

The only way to push for a change is to file an RFE bug with upstream.