Re: Fallback / Classic Mode

[John Stowers <john stowers lists gmail com>]

On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 11:37 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> Let's not get into arguments over this.  I think it is a little late
> to be talking about running GNOME 3/Shell over VNC and virtual
> appliances.

I don't think anyone is talking about fixing it. We are talking about
messaging.

> We have a release in less than 3 weeks.  If someone is interested in
> this problem and interested in working on this messaging then please
> step up and volunteer.  I believe it is a hole, but right now we have
> resources committed to the release.

Fine. Here is my suggestion;

<GNOME 3 RELEASE NOTES GO HERE>
 * PRETTY LIST OF FEATURES
 * I MAKE LIFE EASY
 * SHINY SCREENSHOTS

<FOOTNOTES START HERE>

Known Issues:
 * The GNOME 3 shell experience does not work over VNC or when the
desktop is run in a virtualised environment. In this situation you will
receive the GNOME 3 fallback experience*

<THE END>

* assuming that GNOME 3 fallback has been explained or defined earlier
in the release notes. If it has not, then perhaps that needs to be
fixed....

Now, please don't wilfully miss my point because I might have called
things by the slightly incorrect name. I started this thread by giving
an example of a whole group of people who have no idea what G3 vs GS vs
Fallback was. If my attempt at an errata in the footnotes was not
sufficient to illuminate things for these people then please help come
up with something better.

John