For the backend, I've talked a to the Unity team and the current status is that there is no “nice” DBus API for this in the shell. Mir exposes this [1] API, but it's hardly usable for System Settings. Unity8 will most likely have to mediate between System Settings and Mir.
To be continued. [1] http://unity.ubuntu.com/mir/include_2client_2mir__toolkit_2mir__connection_8h.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474316 Title: [convergence] Prototype “Brightness & Display” panel To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1474316/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs