Den 02. nov. 2011 08:36, skrev James Jenner:
Hi Jo-Erlend,
(do you prefer just Jo?)
I'm usually called Jo-Erlend, but I don't really care that much what you
call me, as long as you don't call me at home. :)
My understanding is that the configuration for the future is related
to Unity, will this extend to things like Nautilus? Based on what you
guys have been saying, the file explorer (Nautilus) is from Gnome. I
know that the configuration stuff is low priority and most prob won't
be available until a few versions down the track, just trying to
understand if the configuration stuff is limited to Ayatana (which in
my understanding is effectively Unity).
I were attending remotely, and there was quite a bit of chatter, so I
couldn't catch everything. My impression, though, was that they were
talking about the desktop, and that includes more than just Unity.
However, once you start changing software, the workload increases.
Because of this, it is very much in the interest of the Ubuntu community
to stay as close to Gnome as possible. That means what configuration
options should be available in 12.04, would probably also depend, at
least in part, on what's accepted into Gnome. Nautilus supports plugins
and extensions, though, so that might be a better solution than to make
Nautilus itself more configurable.
But you know, these sessions last one hour, so there's very little room
to figure out the smallest details. That's not the goal. The goal is to
figure out what the goals are. What configuration options becomes
available remains to be seen. Some configuration options are necessary
and others would be nice. I hope not to see a configuration bonanza
though. Configuration options are often fairly easy to add, but --
obviously -- difficult to remove without making lots of people very
unhappy. And for something to be configurable, you don't just need a
checkbox. You need extra features, which necessarily consumes some
resources. They also make the desktop more difficult to support. So,
all in all, I would prefer to see configuration options appear as
they're proven to be necessary, and not in the hope that they won't be
useless. In other words, to err on the side of simplicity.
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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