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[Tyler Brainerd <tylerbrainerd@xxxxxxxxx>]

"I don't think the new ideas are "covering up", they are completing the
overall vision of Unity, so that the "map" is clear."

Er. So are we to conclude the Unity is the future of the ubuntu desktop as a
whole?

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 07/06/10 21:37, Tyler Brainerd wrote:
> > I would love nothing more then for all the mockups and design
> > specifications from the last year and a half were fully implemented,
> > instead of covered up by newer ideas.
>
> I don't think the new ideas are "covering up", they are completing the
> overall vision of Unity, so that the "map" is clear. We want to address:
> notifications, indicators, window management, launcher, places,
> settings, menus. That defines "Ayatana", and we want to get those pieces
> nailed. We have many OTHER things we'd love to do as well, but getting
> that framework defined and implemented is the priority.
>
> The team is small, and we're focused on the things that provide shape to
> the environment. We would appreciate any help, both in polishing the
> core pieces and in assisting applications to take advantage of the
> infrastructure that's provided.
>
> As for quality, I think the DX team will attest to the fact that we've
> set a higher bar for these items than people have traditionally
> associated with open source. I'm glad you can see the potential! The
> team is united in wanting to put out tight, high quality pieces. As a
> result, everything we produce has high quality test suites, to reduce
> regressions in future as the code evolves.
>
> On your critique: Notify-OSD is not done, but it's broadly there. The
> API's are basically stable, and we would gladly accept patches that
> bring it into full compliance with the specification. We would not
> accept patches that overcomplicate it in order to add features that are
> not in the specification.
>
> Mark
>
>