Re: Wayland blockers for F24 default

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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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