On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:06:18AM -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:54:19PM -0600, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> I agree with Paul, I don't think all of this needs to be finished for
> the alpha release, but I do think there needs to be some substantial
> and testable implementation for the features we decide are blockers,
> even if the results of those tests are "it's not working very well."
>
> I propose that we revisit any issues that we agree are blockers, and
> make our go/no-go decision at the last WG meeting before the alpha
> freeze -- that is, two weeks from today -- based on the progress of any
> hero development that occurs before then.
>
> If we decide to go, then I propose we use the standard blocker bug
> process to track unfinished blocker issues as automatic *beta* release
> blockers using the standard blocker process, and simply delay F24 beta
> until they are done. It's time to eliminate uncertainty and set clear
> expectations early on for what we will be releasing. This will
> incentivize developers to treat Wayland issues (such as the shrinking
> gnome-terminal) more seriously.
I think our use of the word "blocker" has taken on a meaning I didn't
originally intend. This whole discussion was intended to be about
go/no-go for switching the default session to Wayland. It is not
about blocking the F24 release.
But otherwise, I do think we should be considering each accessibility
feature on the basis of whether it is a regression from X behavior.
We shouldn't block the default session switch on a non-working a11y
feature which also didn't work properly in X.
> El mié, 17-02-2016 a las 11:45 -0500, Paul W. Frields escribió:
> > * Tablet support and protocols
> > (I take it this is "~equivalent set to what we handle now in
> > GNOME")
>
> -1 blocker, only a small minority of users need Wacom tablets, and they
> can skip one release. I don't think we'll be dinged too badly for this.
> If we're talking about iPad-style tablets (I think we're talking about
> Wacom tablets), then that would be an even smaller minority of users.
Just Wacom AIUI, but keep in mind that a number of tablet-notebook
hybrids present their touchscreens as Wacom devices.
correct, in the context of Wayland/GNOME/etc. the term tablet refers to a
graphics/drawing tablet. A side-note here: touchscreens work already, the
missing feature here is support for the stylus tools.
Cheers,
Peter
>
> > > * Input methods
> > > (Needs a fix for positioning the chooser apparently?)
> >
> > As we discussed at the meeting, this is already testable in rawhide, so
> > we don't need to vote on it. Rui is on top of the one remaining issue.
> > This seems to be on track.
> >
> > > * On screen keyboard
> > > (This seems on a good trajectory from what Matthias said, but
> > > doesn't hurt to include.)
> >
> > +1 blocker
> >
> > > * Accessibility features
> > > (Michael Catanzaro mentioned a set of these taken from
> > > <
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wayland_features#accessibility_feat
> > > ures>.
> > > However, the outlook seems not good, and IMHO we need a better
> > > story
> > > for a11y users.)
> >
> > +1 blocker for the features listed on that page: sticky keys, slow
> > keys, bounce keys, sound keys, visual bell, hover-to-click. Kendell,
> > are there any other a11y features we should block on? Consider that we
> > don't seem to have any developers who are experienced with a11y.
>
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