** Description changed: - Caribou is GNOME 3's replacement for gok. It is a themable on-screen + Caribou is GNOME 3's replacement for gok. It is a themeable on-screen keyboard and library. The standalone caribou tries to intelligently place itself next to the active text input. Unfortunately this doesn't work well in Firefox or in full-screen terminals for instance. It still may improve to be a good competitor to onboard or the basic library - could be built into an appropriate Ubuntu-themed screen keyboard. + could be built into an appropriate Ubuntu-themed screen keyboard similar + to what GNOME Shell 3.2 does. Because Caribou has now been built into GNOME Shell 3.2, we need to get it in the Ubuntu 11.10 repositories or else we risk shipping either an out-of-date GNOME Shell or an ugly patch. Since it is now part of GNOME Core, we can expect it to be maintained. + ricotz has been working with the Debian GNOME team on packaging: + http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/packages/experimental/caribou/ + gnome-control-center has been patched in Ubuntu to load onboard when the - screen keyboard has been activated. Unless that patch is revised to - allow for caribou to be used as an alternative, I don't see a way to - start caribou. This is good because onboard will continue to work in - Unity or GNOME Shell. Bad because obviously we don't want a package that - doesn't actually do what it's supposed to do. gnome-control-center could - set and look for a gsettings string that sets the preferred on screen - keyboard. Personally, I think it would be easier to test if that's - working once the package is in the archives and I know this would be - fixed early in the P cycle if we're too busy to get g-c-c working right - for Oneiric. + screen keyboard has been activated so having caribou in the archives + will not interfere with onboard. gnome-control-center could set and look + for a gsettings string that sets the preferred on screen keyboard. I + don't think we should block caribou based on the g-c-c patch. It should + still be possible to run caribou manually (from the command line for + instance). + + Caribou 3.1.91 doesn't actually run though: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658533 + GNOME Shell doesn't need caribou to work though, just that it's installed.
** Tags added: needs-packaging ** Description changed: Caribou is GNOME 3's replacement for gok. It is a themeable on-screen keyboard and library. The standalone caribou tries to intelligently place itself next to the active text input. Unfortunately this doesn't work well in Firefox or in full-screen terminals for instance. It still may improve to be a good competitor to onboard or the basic library could be built into an appropriate Ubuntu-themed screen keyboard similar to what GNOME Shell 3.2 does. Because Caribou has now been built into GNOME Shell 3.2, we need to get it in the Ubuntu 11.10 repositories or else we risk shipping either an out-of-date GNOME Shell or an ugly patch. Since it is now part of GNOME Core, we can expect it to be maintained. ricotz has been working with the Debian GNOME team on packaging: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/packages/experimental/caribou/ gnome-control-center has been patched in Ubuntu to load onboard when the screen keyboard has been activated so having caribou in the archives will not interfere with onboard. gnome-control-center could set and look for a gsettings string that sets the preferred on screen keyboard. I don't think we should block caribou based on the g-c-c patch. It should still be possible to run caribou manually (from the command line for instance). - Caribou 3.1.91 doesn't actually run though: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658533 + Caribou 3.1.91 doesn't actually run though: + https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658533 GNOME Shell doesn't need caribou to work though, just that it's installed. ** Description changed: Caribou is GNOME 3's replacement for gok. It is a themeable on-screen keyboard and library. The standalone caribou tries to intelligently place itself next to the active text input. Unfortunately this doesn't work well in Firefox or in full-screen terminals for instance. It still may improve to be a good competitor to onboard or the basic library could be built into an appropriate Ubuntu-themed screen keyboard similar to what GNOME Shell 3.2 does. Because Caribou has now been built into GNOME Shell 3.2, we need to get it in the Ubuntu 11.10 repositories or else we risk shipping either an out-of-date GNOME Shell or an ugly patch. Since it is now part of GNOME Core, we can expect it to be maintained. ricotz has been working with the Debian GNOME team on packaging: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/packages/experimental/caribou/ gnome-control-center has been patched in Ubuntu to load onboard when the screen keyboard has been activated so having caribou in the archives will not interfere with onboard. gnome-control-center could set and look for a gsettings string that sets the preferred on screen keyboard. I don't think we should block caribou based on the g-c-c patch. It should still be possible to run caribou manually (from the command line for instance). - Caribou 3.1.91 doesn't actually run though: + Unfortunately, caribou 3.1.91 doesn't actually run (at least not in standalone mode): https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658533 GNOME Shell doesn't need caribou to work though, just that it's installed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/845300 Title: [FFe] [needs-packaging] caribou To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/845300/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
