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[Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/25/2013 09:04 AM, Daniel Holbach wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> in some conversations I noted that we probably never ruled out click
> packages as an option for the desktop before having achieved full
> convergence.
> 
> I got the feeling that it might make sense to think about this and maybe
> make the conscious decision to not support this. There are a few reasons
> which might make this attractive:
> 
>  - security issues regarding X mitigation
>  - work supporting click packages in a unity 7 scope
>  - <more?>
> 
> What's your take on this? Does anyone have click-packages-on-the-Desktop
> as a strict requirement? Does anyone feel strongly about supporting this
> (apart from a testing standpoint for app developers)?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for your input.
> 

IMO, this should not be supported until we have Mir on the default desktop or X
mediation in AppArmor (this is not slated for saucy. I'm not sure yet what the
plans are beyond that).

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Jamie Strandboge                 http://www.ubuntu.com/

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