merging keyboard & keyboard shortcuts capplets
Not sure if this is the right list to send this to, but anyway: Around a month ago I uploaded a patch to GNOME bugzilla to merge the keyboard shortcuts capplet (gnome-keybinding-properties) into the keyboard capplet (gnome-keyboard-properties) [1]. This was discussed on the gnomecc-list [2], but there was fairly limited interest from the gnome-control-center developers. I'm wondering if there is any interest in adopting this patch in Ubuntu. Clearly there is a lot of work left to be done on the patch, but I'd prefer not to spend working time on it if there isn't any interest. In particular I'm looking for developer interest, i.e. from whoever would be in a position to eventually commit this to Ubuntu. I believe that with some work this patch can be redone in a way that will minimise the size of the patch (and therefore not cause horrible breakage if/when there are upstream changes). Note that reducing the number of items in System->Preferences is the 4th highest idea on Ubuntu brainstorm [3], and there are numerous related Launchpad bugs / wiki pages / blog posts / etc. [4][5], probably more if you dig deep enough... Cheers, Jared Moore [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78102 [2] Thread beginning at http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnomecc-list/2008-March/msg00018.html [3] http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/most_popular_ever/ [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MenusRevisited2 [5] http://architectfantasy.com/?p=25 -- 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: merging keyboard & keyboard shortcuts capplets
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Caroline Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But if you reduce them by removing the functionality that's a bad > thing imo. We don't want to force people to learn the command line to > administer their desktop computer. > > Caroline > My patch doesn't remove any functionality, it just moves the contents of the keyboard shortucts capplet window into a new tab in the keyboard capplet. Have a look at the screenshot at the GNOME bugzilla page [1] Jared Moore [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78102#c13 -- 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: merging keyboard & keyboard shortcuts capplets
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Milan Bouchet-Valat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think it is reasonable to fork upstream GNOME since this will > lead to quite a few problems when they change their applets. Imagine for > example they create a Mouse gestures tab in the Shortcuts applet. Where > will it go in Ubuntu? True, but 1) As far as I know, there will be no mouse gestures coming any time soon 2) Even if it does, I don't see any clear consensus that it would go into the Shortcuts applet anyway, since it could alternatively be put into the mouse applet 3) And even then, this patch could just be reverted and everything goes back to how it is in upstream > > But maybe you can propose them to help merging applets that they'd like > to see merged. Bluetooth preferences could go to Removable devices for > example, and I'm sure there are plenty of ideas in that way. > Honestly I'm not convinced that making any other proposals is worth the effort. Merging keyboard & keyboard shortcuts seems to me like the most obvious and straightforward merge there is. Given that I actually have a working patch for that and I am offering to finish the patch, and there is *still* very limited upstream interest, I very highly doubt that there would be any significant interest in any other proposed merges. > Hope this helps - anyway IMHO your goal is right (TM) > Cheers :) -- 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