Re: Freeze break requests for gnome-shell

[Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org>]

On 20 March 2015 at 21:45, Matthias Clasen <matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Florian Müllner <fmuellner gnome org> wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'd like to request a freeze break for two shell bugs:
> >
> >  (1) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745824
> >       On multi-head systems, legacy status icons are visible
> >       even when the tray that holds them is slided out. I tracked
> >       this down to a bug in the hack that makes status icons
> >       usable on wayland, and while the code doesn't become less
> >      of a hack with the patch, the fix itself doesn't make it any worse
> >      and is pretty straight-forward.
> >      The bug is on the 3.16 blocker list, and we already got several
> >      duplicates since the tray first appeared in 3.15.91, so I think there
> >      are strong reasons for including it in 3.16.0.
> >
> >  (2) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746487
> >       Legacy status icons are really bad when it comes to accessibility,
> >       but we can do a bit better than we currently do by trying to figure
> >       out a meaningful accessible name and passing on keyboard
> >       events in case the icon has alternative means to trigger the
> >       left-click/right-click actions.
> >       The patches are simple enough and will allow some users to use
> >       status icons that were otherwise unable to do so.
> >
> > Neither of the bugs adds any translatable strings or changes documented
> > behavior/visuals.
>
> First of all, thanks for working hard to the last day to make this
> ugly corner a little more palatable!
>
> Looking at the patches, in particular the first one looks like a
> pretty visible thing that we should take. So, +1 from me.

Go for it: 2/2



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