None of the changes I described in <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD #system-config-printer> involve using notification bubbles, with actions or without. They involve eliminating notification bubbles, and I think they're just as valid on a system where the notification server accepts actions as on a system where it doesn't. (They reduce the total surface area of the interface, so people have less to learn or think about. And in the "Printer added" and "Authentication required" cases, they make the number of clicks required either the same or less.)
So, I suggest first seeing if upstream will accept the design changes described in the spec. If they will, make the changes unconditionally. If they won't, *then* make the changes conditional on whether the notification server accepts actions. -- system-config-printer notification patch should auto-detect capabilities of notification daemon, so that it can get upstreamized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/339847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Desktop Experience Team, which is a direct subscriber. Status in System Config Printer: Confirmed Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer Recently the default notification daemon in Ubuntu was replaced by a notify-osd which does not support action buttons. Therefore system-config-printer was patched to work without action buttons if needed, by using pop-up dialogs. Unfortunately this patch cannot be applied upstream, as the check for the notification daemon type is done in a Ubuntu-specific way: if os.environ.get('GDMSESSION') == "gnome-stracciatella": This should be replaced by a generic check on the notification daemon capabilities, using the Python equivalent of the function GList *notify_get_server_caps(void); (/usr/include/libnotify/notify.h). It should be "pynotify.get_server_caps()". As there are notification daemons with and without action button support, the assumption of system-config-printer to have action button support is an upstream bug which can be fixed by upstreamizing this patch. Ken VanDine, can you please fix the patch? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
