2010/8/3 Manuel Escudero <Jmlevick(a)gmail.com>:
I think we can Mix the Mahmoud dbus idea with the RSS Feed one...
I agree in not using IRC, well because my principal idea was based in the
use of RSS or ATOM feeds to build an app
(Just as you do to build a "feed-gadget" for your blog) and well also maybe
we can just reconfigure or build a RSS Client to
parse thatĀ Feed for the user and we can enable the autostart for this app in
future versions, by example we can do something
like the OpenSUSE idea: when you start opensuse in the live cd and after the
installation it shows a small window talking about
SUSE, Novell and KDE communities, then the user closes it and never appear
again. I think we can create the app and "enable"
this kind of idea, so the future versions of fedora can show an intro to the
O.S. and can also give information about the notifier, so the user
can choose to enable and configure it or not. it would be better if we can
do this in anaconda, being clear:
1) We build the app and include it in future versions
2) We ask the user during the installation process in anaconda if he/she
wants to enable the notifier.
3) If the user agree, We ask him/her to configure the options (For example,
what kind of news he/she wants to recieve)
4)Finishing the installation, the app starts if the user agreed to use it
and give him a "warm welcome" giving some tips for it's use.
This is just a "workaround" to it.
Also, If the app will need an account it can be IRC or FAS or whatever you
want to function but I think this is not necessary. If you like the IRC idea
we can use "built-in" IRC integration by adding something like a TAB that
connect into the Webchat Freenode IRC... Don't Know...
I think that now this idea has a lot of similarities with fedora tour project
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-tour/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora-tour
As far as I view this topic, the core idea is a way of helping desktop
user unrelated directly to the project to get important announcements.
I think it is a valid concern. I also think that may be a good
component of the fedora-tour or at least fedora tour may be the best
way of asking the user if they want the annoucements provided by other
app.
Best regards
--
Neville
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Yn1v
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