Re: 3.20 Headline Features

[Allan Day <aday gnome org>]

Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
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> > Redesigned mouse and touchpad settings
>
> I would put support for "what did you plug in" jack detection and
> support for rfkill keys above that, in terms of hardware integration.

I'm not so sure. Mouse and touchpad settings are something that every
user can try and potentially benefit from. Jack detection is only used
for some devices, and many people won't use rfkill keys (if they have
them).

...
> > Per-application location access controls in the shell and control
> > center
>
> That only works with the xdg-app bundles which you're (rightly)
> reluctant to advertise.

I didn't think that was the case - I'll double check with Zeeshan.

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> > Wayland is a tricky sell - it is unlikely that distributions will
> > switch to it by default for this release, and there are some missing
> > bits and pieces. Nevertheless, this is the first release where we can
> > recommend using Wayland to the majority of users.
>
> Not the ones with Wacom tablets yet, FWIW.

I know there are limitations, and we'd have to advertise those...

Allan