Default Desktop Experience for 11.04

[Scott Kitterman]

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On Thursday, April 21, 2011 05:47:29 AM Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Regardless of how good or bad that process was, it is not reasonable to
> then say that Ubuntu application developers "have every right to use"
> everything that's "adopted upstream in GNOME/GTK". That would mean
> Ubuntu's APIs should be beholden to whatever Gnome Shell does or does
> not need. And that way lies madness.
> 
> >> I doubt it's supportable to deal with Ubuntu patches for all the
> >> relevant Universe packages.
> > 
> > Right, but that's not even everything. We are encouraging app
> > developers to build software for Ubuntu using Gtk or Qt,
> 
> There's a good example. Qt includes a Qt::Drawer window type, for use in
> Mac applications. Does that mean Compiz in Ubuntu should implement
> drawers? Of course not. It might be suitable for Mac applications, but
> it isn't suitable for Ubuntu applications. In the same way,
> GtkStatusIcon might be suitable for Windows applications, but it isn't
> suitable for Ubuntu applications.
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That example is only relevant if you think Ubuntu is a separate platform from 
the rest of the Linux world.  That way lies madness.  

Scott K