Good news! I've created a separate bug report for the "API and plugins" idea.
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1627753 ("Greeter should be a scopes app (showing specific scopes)") Please cast your vote ("Yes, it affects me") if you like the idea. Peter 2016-09-19 18:14 GMT+02:00 Peter Bittner <peter.bitt...@gmx.net>: > Sam, > > bug #1544670 [1], as I wrote and read it, is a frontend-facing UX > ticket, and technology-wise it's about an API design. The plugins I > list are just examples. > > All these examples are only possible to implement after, first, UX has > made and approved their UI+UX design, and second, Canonical has taken > a decision to start the implementation and document the API for us > developers. Afterwards everyone is free to do some hacking, or file > bug reports as supportive action or preparation for the actual > implementation. You're welcome to do so now already, of course - at > the price of reworking them later. The first must-have plugin would > have to be the mandatory emergency calling. > > That's all there is about this ticket. > > In the end you're right. Everything in this ticket that points to > discussions about a "Circle design" should be moved to a new "Circle > design plugin" ticket. Or the API design could be moved to a separate > ticket, and this one rewritten specifically to a "plugin request". I'd > prefer to see authoritative comments from Canonical on this topic > first, though. > > Peter > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1544670 > > > 2016-09-19 12:52 GMT+02:00 Sam Bull <sam.hack...@sent.com>: >> On Mon, 2016-09-19 at 11:31 +0200, Peter Bittner wrote: >>> Sadly enough, this idea is nothing new in fact. >> >> That's not an idea, that's about a dozen ideas. I would recommend >> splitting those into different bug reports, with a single feature >> request for each thing. Some appear to be feature requests, and may >> already be implemented (such as unlock with PIN, fingerprint scan >> etc.). Others appear to be requests for specific kinds of APIs to be >> exposed for developers, which could be added to the existing APIs (such >> as the existing ability to add messages into the circle). >> >> But, there are many very different requests you've listed, and each >> should be tracked separately, in my opinion. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp