Default Desktop Experience for 11.04

George Farris farrisg at cc.viu.ca
Thu Apr 21 15:22:05 UTC 2011


On Thu, 2011-04-21 at 10:51 -0400, Luke Faraone wrote:
> On 04/21/2011 09:48 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> > I'm sorry, I just don't understand this theme in this thread.  The one
> > about Linux application developers should be gearing their apps toward
> > Ubuntu I don't think it's reasonable - at least not with some of the
> > items on the original list.  It's one thing for Gnome to do so, because
> > their mission is different.  For a distro, I think it's self-defeating.
> > …
> > Mind you I don't care to argue here.  I'm just saying I'm worried about
> > the fact that everyone seems behind this, and that this attitude will be
> > detrimental to Ubuntu's standing in the community.  Really detrimental.
> 
> +1. If we're planning on *breaking* established APIs we have supported
> in the past, it should be because its unmaintainable (like Gtk1) or has
> been deprecated for a very long time. GtkStatusIcon is neither.
> 

Well said. +1 as well.  There is no need for me to add to it other than
express my support.

Cheers
George







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