Re: Having external control panels in System settings

[Peter Hutterer <peter hutterer who-t net>]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 12:05:08PM +0000, Alberto Ruiz wrote:
> > Note: I do have an nvidia card. I don't think the nvidia stuff belongs
> > in system settings. Further, I initially disliked the API removal. I've
> > changed my opinion.
> 
> 
> wrt that note, I find it really odd that we are so much against the nVidia
> panel and yet we are writing a wacom tablets panel ourselves.

NVIDIA has a binary driver that does not use standard display configuration
mechanisms (i.e. RandR). The wacom driver is an open source driver, both
kernel, X and other userspace parts, that _needs_ a configuration panel
because it is a very complex device that isn't served by any other panel.

There are legitimate reasons against calling it a "Wacom" panel and I've
argued that the naming is largely historical, but other than that, I don't
think the comparison works well.
 
Cheers,
  Peter