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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

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.bittner@xxxxxxx>:
> 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.hacking@xxxxxxxx>:
>> 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.