Re: Freeze break request for gnome-settings-daemon datetime plugin

[Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com>]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Kalev Lember <kalevlember gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been working on a new gnome-settings-daemon plugin that would
> automatically update the system timezone based on geolocation. This is a
> missing feature from System Settings Date and Time panel redesign that
> landed in 3.10:
> https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/DateAndTime
>
> The work in progress is tracked at
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=706979
>
> This is a freeze break request for landing the new g-s-d code (automatic
> timezone updates are disabled by default for now) and a new schema for
> gsettings-desktop-schemas.
>
> I'll be working on this and if everything goes well, I'll send another
> freeze break before 3.9.91 for landing gnome-control-center UI changes
> and enabling timezone updates by default. In case of complications,
> this can stay disabled by default for 3.10 and activatable only through
> gsettings.


Hey Kalev, this is a lot of new code. I've added some questions in the
bug. Since this is just a separate gsd plugin, the risk is fairly low,
so I would be inclined to say yes, but lets hear what other people
think