On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 19:58 +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 12:57:06PM +0100, Alex Jones wrote: > > This comes about as more and more people question why their computer > > starts bluetooth services when they don't have a bluetooth device, or > > why I have a HP printer driver control panel applet, or a Palm Pilot > > sync applet, or PCMCIA services, etc. etc. etc... > > This was a conscious decision. Our belief is that users should not need to > find or install additional software to make use of common devices. They > should "just work" out of the box. If your intent is to suggest a way to > address the problem of superfluous menu items, a better way to do that would > be to investigate hiding the menu items unless the relevant hardware is > detected (via HAL).
I'm /not/ suggesting we don't install a core set of hardware support software by default. I am suggesting that users be given a choice by packaging drivers, etc., according to this spec. With this system in place, I could look at my hardware support package manager and see "Generic Bluetooth module", "HP Printers", etc., and just untick them to uninstall the cruft that I don't have any use for. (As a side thought, I'm not sure what constitutes "common" hardware, but I for one don't know a single person who owns a Palm device.) -- 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
