Re: cups print dialog defaulting to Postscript...
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Daniel J Blueman wrote: > When selecting 'Print to File' in the CUPS printer dialog box, > Postscript is selected per default. > > Many users may not realise that this is disadvantageous until too late > - with all the fonts converted to paths and less easy to open on other > operating systems. > > PDF seems a rational default - what reasons are against changing to this? I agree that PDF should have been default since start. I believe there was a papercut bug for this. But I don't have reference to the bug. By the way what you call as CUPS dialog is probably the dialog provided by printing APIs in GTK+. So it should be possible to patch GTK+ to use PDF by default. Onkar -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
[rfc] nscd not caching host lookups...
Debian (and by implication Ubuntu) are the only distros to disable nscd hosts caching. In most cases, it is deployed with the expectation to mitigate expensive lookups (eg over VPN). The bug cited [1] has been rejected by the core libc developer three years ago and all other distros (including Redhat EL and Novell SLES) have it enabled. Why should we continue to penalise Ubuntu any longer? Comments/feedback welcome. [1] http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4428 -- Daniel J Blueman -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Thoughts about software-properties
Sorry for the tiny images. Here they are: * update-manager "Repositories" tab: http://imgur.com/zXZyH.png * update-manager "Automatic updates" tab: http://imgur.com/d59C4.png * software-center "Provided by Ubuntu" pane: http://imgur.com/c3EZr.png * software-center PPA/authenticated source pane: http://imgur.com/kqugQ.png On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Mohammed > > Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote on 03/08/10 10:51: > >... > > Software-properties is one of the few applications that still relies on > > gksu. I was about to convert it to aptdaemon/policykit, > > Excellent! > > > when I thought > > of this: "Why don't we just separate software-properties into both > > update-manager and software-center?" > > Software Sources is something I've been meaning to redesign eventually, > but I was putting it off because it wasn't as important as Ubuntu > Software Center or Update Manager. > > Splitting it into two is an intriguing idea. It looks like the main > awkward point would be the download server setting -- that's the thing > that's most obviously shared between installations and updates. > > > So I began to create the following mockups: > > * update-manager: clicking on the "Settings..." button should open up > > a dialog that contains two tabs: "Repositories" > > (http://yfrog.com/jvupdatemanagerrepositorip) and "Automatic Updates" > > (http://yfrog.com/jbupdatemanagerautomaticup). Note that I mostly > > borrowed the design from > > here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#settings > > * software-center: Clicking on the "Provided by Ubuntu" pane should > > show (beside what's in place now) five checkboxes representing main, > > universe, restricted, multiverse, and commercial software > > (http://yfrog.com/c9softwarecenterprovidedbp). And clicking on an > > authorized repository (such as a PPA) will show that the source is > > authorized (http://yfrog.com/jbsoftwarecenterauthentifp). > >... > > Unfortunately, all except the last of those wireframes is tiny, so I > can't read them. Could you upload larger versions? > > Thanks > - -- > Matthew Paul Thomas > http://mpt.net.nz/ > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxZhgYACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecoP4gCfXaQfCBncnusXwgDOv+iGOJE1 > WUEAnji5Ig3bJVnav4wP+3jJt5PPu2xF > =3di1 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
cups print dialog defaulting to Postscript...
When selecting 'Print to File' in the CUPS printer dialog box, Postscript is selected per default. Many users may not realise that this is disadvantageous until too late - with all the fonts converted to paths and less easy to open on other operating systems. PDF seems a rational default - what reasons are against changing to this? Daniel -- Daniel J Blueman -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: Thoughts about software-properties
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mohammed Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote on 03/08/10 10:51: >... > Software-properties is one of the few applications that still relies on > gksu. I was about to convert it to aptdaemon/policykit, Excellent! > when I thought > of this: "Why don't we just separate software-properties into both > update-manager and software-center?" Software Sources is something I've been meaning to redesign eventually, but I was putting it off because it wasn't as important as Ubuntu Software Center or Update Manager. Splitting it into two is an intriguing idea. It looks like the main awkward point would be the download server setting -- that's the thing that's most obviously shared between installations and updates. > So I began to create the following mockups: > * update-manager: clicking on the "Settings..." button should open up > a dialog that contains two tabs: "Repositories" > (http://yfrog.com/jvupdatemanagerrepositorip) and "Automatic Updates" > (http://yfrog.com/jbupdatemanagerautomaticup). Note that I mostly > borrowed the design from > here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdateHandling#settings > * software-center: Clicking on the "Provided by Ubuntu" pane should > show (beside what's in place now) five checkboxes representing main, > universe, restricted, multiverse, and commercial software > (http://yfrog.com/c9softwarecenterprovidedbp). And clicking on an > authorized repository (such as a PPA) will show that the source is > authorized (http://yfrog.com/jbsoftwarecenterauthentifp). >... Unfortunately, all except the last of those wireframes is tiny, so I can't read them. Could you upload larger versions? Thanks - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxZhgYACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecoP4gCfXaQfCBncnusXwgDOv+iGOJE1 WUEAnji5Ig3bJVnav4wP+3jJt5PPu2xF =3di1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
