Clipboard Improvements Idea

[James Westby]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:29:27 -0400, Sarah Strong <sarah.e.strong at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, James,
> 
> I believe the class of apps that break are ones that don't conform to the
> freedesktop.org ClipboardManager specifications
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/ClipboardManager and modify them. You can
> find details on the clipboard problem at the bug David Bensimmon lists at
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/11334
> 
> It lists some popular apps along with their status. In some case it links to
> resolved bug reports with diffs that can be used for reference code in
> tracking down and fixing the problem in other applications. The apps it
> lists as non-conforming would be a great starting point, and you could find
> other affected applications either by searching for complaints online or by
> spending one terribly boring afternoon testing popular applications.

Sounds like a plan. We could also crowdsource some of the discovery.

> I definitely think it's a worthwhile problem to tackle, and I love the idea
> with tinkering with a small bug on a whole bunch of different projects, each
> with their own language and style dialect. It looks like a potentially easy
> fix in most of them, though, so I'm not convinced it's a full summer's work.
> I won't be able to try tackling one until after my classes end on April 1st,
> but I'll post a trip report and ultra-rough time/difficulty estimation from
> an undergraduate's POV here that weekend. We might also try asking someone
> who resolved one of the bugs linked on the master copy/paste page for an
> idea of how long it took, too.

You seem to have a great handle on this project.

If you don't think that this is a full summers work then perhaps we
could roll it up in to a papercuts project or similar, as you suggested.

Let us know how your investigations go.

Thanks,

James