Re: UI/String freeze break request for gnome-boxes

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 3:47 PM Felipe Borges <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,

Hey,

> Since the release of GNOME Boxes 3.32.0 this week, we started to get
> reports from users having problems with our recent "auto enable 3D
> acceleration" feature. For this small set of users (dual-GPU or
> unconventional graphics drivers), Boxes has become unusable.
>
> That's why I have proposed the following merge request
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/merge_requests/133
>
> These changes introduce a pop-up notification that shows up only at
> the first time a user starts a machine that supports 3D acceleration.
> The notification offers an user action to Disable 3D acceleration.
> Other than UI, it introduces two new strings:
> "Experiencing graphics problems?" and "Disable 3d acceleration".
>
> Screenshot -> https://i.imgur.com/EYC5IDa.jpg
> (by the way, those glitches you see in the screenshot are the ones
> worked-around by this).
>
> I have discussed the approach with both Jakub Steiner and Allan Day,
> and their are onboard with the change.

i18n approval one of two.

> Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience of making this request this
> late in the release cycle.

Thanks for the details you provided, they were helpful in making the decision.

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Alexandre Franke
GNOME Hacker