Desktop Applications Selection for Natty
Discussion for the application selection in the natty cycle
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Martin Pitt
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Sebastien Bacher
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Sebastien Bacher
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for natty
- Implementation:
-
Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Martin Pitt
- Completed by
- Sebastien Bacher
Related branches
Related bugs
| Bug #595008: should port the GNOME cdbs custom rules to dh7 | Won't Fix |
| Bug #735934: Build dh_translations | Fix Released |
Whiteboard
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packageselectio
Copy of the gobby document “packageselecti
Natty application selection
* default music player
- banshee would be the preferred option for this cycle
- cd space is an issue though, we can mitigate by installing things when options are activated
- things to fix: upnp support, music store needs some work (codec installation, ...), exit when closing and not playing, multiple libraries for the music store, playlist support for the sound indicator
- indicator sound applet - if banshee is the default can it replace rhythmbox ?
- default to use banshee to play music
- Put up for consideraton was including the GStreamer Fluendo mp3 codecs
+ Needs some investigation
photo manager:
-> stay on shotwell
email client:
- thunderbird has been suggested but it still misses calendar, contact, integration with appmenu and messaging menu -> not for this cycle
video player:
- Totem
web browser:
- Chromium needs integration, translation is not ready, also security issue (please file bugs for wanted tasks - tag UDS)
-> firefox 4
oneconf -> small and useful, let's use it
drop gnome-dictionnary
tsclient, vinagre:
- can we go with vinagre if they get rdp support
- if not can we replace tsclient?
games:
- sudoku, mahjongg, aisleriot to stay
- review the software center ratings to pick featured games
office:
libre office if we are ready for that
nautilus elementary
- rejected because of patches considered hacks
Banshee bugs"
- Make sure bugs filed in Banshee are TAGGED right so upstream knows to look at them! https:/
Work items for natty-alpha-1:
[robert-ancell] change the seed to not install gnome-dictonnary: DONE
[jorge] review of the plugins shipped by default for alpha1 with debian maintainers and upstream: DONE
[laney] review of the plugins shipped by default for alpha1 with debian maintainers and upstream: DONE
[didrocks] Ensure all bugs needed to be fixed are filed with banshee upstream with the proper tags.: DONE
[didrocks] File the File->Quit and File->Close bug: DONE
[ubuntu-
[robert-ancell] review replacing tsclient: DONE
[robert-ancell] write remmina mir: DONE
Work items for natty-alpha-2:
[ubuntu-
[conor] Ensure Banshee branding is preserved in the Sound menu via existing icon (greyscale): DONE
[conor] Ensure playlist support works with Banshee in the SoundMenu (Playlists will be part of indicator-sound release 0.5.4, Bertrand has done their side of the work and it will be included in Banshee's Jan 12th release): DONE
[didrocks] change the seed to have Banshee by default: DONE
Work items for natty-alpha-3:
[jorge] talk to libre office people about their plans: DONE
[bertrand-lorentz] Ensure close/quit actions are consistant with the rest of the desktop: DONE
Work Items for ubuntu-
[jorge] try to get contributors to help getting nautilus elementary changes upstream by adressing concerns (they forked instead, oh well): DONE
[ubuntu-
[jorge] Testing the rhythmbox->banshee importer for every field, ratings, score, etc. etc. (In good shape upstream, Pedro's going to write a testcase for QA): DONE
[conor] Ensure "Music Player" entry is correct: DONE
[robert-ancell] replace tsclient with remmina in the seed: POSTPONED
Work items:
[conor] review the rhythmbox to banshee difference and make sure upgrade is ok: INPROGRESS
[alexlauni] Ensure video source is decent, and if not, perhaps disable it until we have something nice: POSTPONED
[mdz] to follow up on the fluendo codecs installation question: DONE
[charlinepoirier] discuss user testing of app selection for 11.10: DONE
[jorge] Rally community testing around uPNP plugin (we should do this at the desktop level, let's investigate rygel for N+1): POSTPONED
-- didrocks 113010:
seems that banshee MIR won't get review in time for inclusion for A1, putting the seed change task for A2.
space analysis for banshee:
we've done what we can without removing any features, saving about 10.7 meg compared to Maverick, with a further 4.8 meg absorbed by the move of Banshee's i18n into language-pack-foo packages. Any further reductions would be minor snipping away of the extensions. By my maths, we're within a meg or two of Rhythmbox, taking the i18n thing into account.
-- didrocks 110225:
will tackle the task over a week-end, not possible during the week.
-- bertrand-lorentz 110225
The close/quit actions in Banshee were changed a while back :
http://
Please file bugs if the current behavior is not correct
-- robert-ancell 110307
Delaying the tsclient replacement unil Ubuntu O. It is blocked by a security concern in freerdp (Bug #673925).
pitti, 2011-03-16: Replaced whiteboard work item with proper bug links
