On Thursday, April 14, 2011 03:17:47 PM Ted Gould wrote: > On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 20:47 +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, den 14.04.2011, 12:39 -0500 schrieb Ted Gould: > > > I hope that one day we can get to the point of having UI requirements > > > on applications within the Ubuntu process similar to the security > > > requirements that exist with an MIR today. > > > > > > So, for instance a package couldn't be in the Ubuntu archive: > > > * if it required the system tray > > > * didn't support localization > > > * didn't have basic accessibility support > > > * doesn't provide any user documentation > > > * uses it's own notification system instead of the FD.o one > > > > Do you really want to reject those package if they do not meet the > > criteria above? I think everything (complying to the DFSG) should be > > accepted in universe. Having those restrictions for packages in main > > would be fine. > > I want to reiterate that the list above was just off the top of my head > meant as an example more than to be definitive. For most of these > examples I would think that main is a more reasonable target. > > But, I'd also love to see the requirements for Universe be something > higher than just the DFSG. For instance, I believe Debian requires > everything in /usr/bin to have a man page. Many of these I see as the > modern desktop equivalent of having a man page.
Debian requires it and it's a bug if it's missing, but it doesn't block the package being in the archive. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
