On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Julien Lavergne <gi...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi, > Salut Julien, Comment allez-vous? > > I realize that there are some items from 13.10 that was not really > advertised before the release. As «very very very late» is still better > than «never», > +1 > this is some explanations : > > > - 13.10 was suppose to be a first step to 14.04. Initially, we were unsure > to be able to release something due to many factors. We finished by > releasing something, but far from our previous level of polishing. One of > the main cause is my « no availability », letting phillw and the testing > team sometimes very alone :-/ That's was one of my fear before this cycle, > and unfortunately it was confirmed too late. > > > We introduced some changes that was not well advertised : > > - Change in autostart applications : all applications in /etc/xdg and > .config/autostart/ was disable by default. That's was a design decision to > reduce the number of applications launching randomly. It was replaced by an > application to define more clearly what applications you want to start by > default (with lxsession-default-app). With some feedbacks, I think it was a > bad idea, it confused too much people. So, I turned this off by default > upstream, and I'll also do it in Lubuntu in 14.04. That was also the goal > of 13.10, doing experimentations. > > If you want to turn it off now manually, go to lxsession-default-app => > Autostart => Set « no » to « Disable autostarted applications ? » > > > - Remove lxsession-edit > > It was also replaced by lxsession-default-app, all the functionalities are > now in lxsession-default-app => Autostart, but also if you set « no »to > « Disable autostarted applications ? » > > > - Use lightdm to lock the screen > > The goal was to removed the need of xscreensaver, reducing by 1 the number > of daemon by default. However, it was an unfinished work, which was > forgotten, and released. I'm going to remove this, and turn on xscreensaver > when you want to lock the screen. For 14.04, using light-locker will > probably be the best solution. > > > - Removing lxkeymap, and only use the panel applet > > To avoid previous problems with the interaction between lxkeymap and the > panel applet, lxkeymap was removed so you only have 1 place to configure > keymap. > > > As a side note, most of the changes was done on lxsession, you can also > find documentation on it on http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXSession > > > So, what conclusion to all of this ? Clearly, we were too ambitious for > this release. Enable zram by default already generated too much problems > for us to handle, so others changes was not properly advertised / tested … > It's not a complain about people, I think I'm the main responsible of this > mess, but we have to learn about this. > > > I hope I clarify some situations about the 13.10, if you have any concerns > on the actual release, feel free to answer this mail. > Oui! I'd like personally to thank you for this email. It is a very positive needed step. Mecri beaucoup! > About the future, I'm going to send another mail. > Let's learn from the past and plan for a better future :) > Regards, > > Julien Lavergne > > -- > Have a nice day! -- Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." Best Regards, amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> Areas of Involvement <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/AreasOfInvolvement> My Projects <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/Projects>
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