Comment 85 for bug 438536

> @sfantu: Thanks for the answer. Yes, I am aware of the patch provided by
> Julien and I thank him for that. I am currently using the patch.
> However, as I am to understand from comment #55 (
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-
> osd/+bug/438536/comments/55 ), if a new "official" version is added the
> changes added in this patch will be lost. I think that it is all of our
> goals to have the "better" version as official.
>

Well, the changes will be lost in the sense that a newer version of the
package would appear in the repositories, and your update manager would
update you to that version. As Julien said, he would then just update his
own PPA package; however, you are correct in that having to jump through
this hoop is not ideal.

@ace386: We all here had that kind of experiences either with our
> friends or ourselves. However, from the developers point of view, a
> handful of users posting in this thread are nowhere near a majority, nor
> is the majority of Ubuntu users qualified to say what is better for
> "brand new" users (as we're all, more or less, customization freaks).
> This is why I'm for the vote/poll/research that will settle this for
> good.

The devs have come up with a design that meets their requirements. I am not
100% convinced that their list of requirements is complete, and so I have
been working on one of my own that I plan to post to the Ayatana mailing
list soon. I intend to follow up that list with a trade study objectively
comparing several different solutions, one of which is the current Ubuntu
default behaviour, and one of which is the old Jaunty behaviour reinstated
by Julien's package. This should eliminate some of the solutions for not
meeting requirements, and should show objectively where the others stand
with respect to each other.

/After/ all of that comes the subjective comparison -- each of the solutions
that passes the trade study should be evaluated based on subjective metrics,
such as aesthetics, code complexity, etc. I will provide a link here once I
get all of this posted to the mailing list.

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