On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Francesco Fumanti <francesco.fuma...@gmx.net> wrote: > The adaption of Onboard to GNOME Shell has been our focus since the > announcement of Ubuntu switching to GNOME for 17.10. For the reasons outlined > by marmuta in this thread, a full integration of the python based Onboard > into GNOME Shell seems very difficult, if not impossible. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/onboard/+bug/1672465
Thanks for the updates! > In the meantime, OnboardOSK is quite usable on X, but not yet in Wayland, > which brings me to the question, whether Ubuntu 17.10 is also going to use > Wayland as default? Yes. > We will not be able to offer a proper release before feature freeze on the > 24th of august. What does this mean for Ubuntu 18.04? Will it be possible to > have OnboardOSK become default again for Ubuntu 18.04, which is a LTS, if it > has not already been the default on-screen keyboard in 17.10? Yes, there is a possibility that OnboardOSK could be used by default for 18.04 LTS, even if Onboard is dropped from the default install for 17.10. > Moreover, as OnboardOSK being a fork from Onboard, I wonder whether it has to > go through the Universe and Main inclusion process? It must go through the new queue if it has new binary or source packages. It will probably need to go through a MIR process if it needs to be in Main but it should be simpler than a brand new MIR. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
