Make Ubuntu Tweak as Power Users' Standard Tool

[Jono Bacon]

On Sun, 2011-05-22 at 17:00 +0800, TualatriX wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> It's really cool to meet you guys here! I'm the author of Ubuntu
> Tweak, from China.
> 
> First thank Evan and Jono who invited me to this mailing list. It's
> very happy for me to be here. Since many of you recommend Ubuntu
> Tweak, Thanks everyone!

Thanks, for joining us, TualatriX!

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> To make it happen, I write a draft of things to be done:
> 
> * Separate the "Source Center" (untrusted PPAs) into a standalone
> plug-in (or community extensions), which is not installed by default
> but user can always install it. So Ubuntu Tweak is possible to put
> into the official repository.

I think this makes a lot of sense - this should make it much easier to
get it into the Ubuntu Software Center. I would then recommend that we
as a community work to also get Ubuntu Tweak extensions in the Ubuntu
Software Center too.

> * Design the APIs to provide a common backup/restore system, a
> consistent UI sets to build the configure interface, so everyone can
> use it to write safety plug-in.

This sounds wonderful, and I am sure the thread on safety has presented
a lot of ideas here.

> * Get help from this community, to make Ubuntu Tweak cover every
> possible part to configure.

This sounds great too! I am sure as the Ubuntu Power User community
grows, more and more people will be interested in helping build plug-ins
for Ubuntu Tweak!

> How about these plans?

I think this sounds wonderful! Getting to specifics, I think it would be
awesome of you could provide some information on:

      * How does a programmer get started hacking on Ubuntu Tweak?
      * Are you having any regular IRC meetings for people who
        contribute to Ubuntu Tweak? It might be useful to organize a
        meeting - they are always handy for people volunteering to work
        on different things.
      * How does someone write a plug-in for Ubuntu Tweak? Is there any
        documentation anywhere for this?
      * What other areas can people help? E.g. testing, bug triage,
        writing docs etc?

Thanks, and I can't wait to see the progress on this project!

	Jono

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