Re: New applications?

On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:12:26PM +1200, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> How do we feel about adding new applications/plugins? I ask because I have 
> some I would like to add:

I don't mind new apps. As long as they bring features that didn't exist
before. If something else already does the job and is in tree I would
like to see some sort of explanation as to why it isn't the right thing.

>  * kbdd settings application - allows creating kbdd "profiles" and switching 
> between them
> 
>  * kbdd control applet - companion to above that allows you to quickly switch 
> between external keyboards or disable kbdd and re-enable the serial console

As far as these things go, how long will they actually be appropriate?
Does the 2.6 kernel even support kbdd?

>  * owner info security plugin - picks up owner information from the user's 
> business card and displays it at authentication time. Allows control over the 
> fields shown and makes it easy to specify when the information is shown (ie, 
> either as the first in the plugin chain or only if authentication by a 
> previous plugin fails). Obviously this competes with the built in user 
> information feature, but I feel it does a better job.

I don't know about this one. Does it get in the way of having different
avatars?

> Marex also has an applet for switching CPU frequency scaling levels that I am 
> sure he is keen to get in:
> 
> http://marex-hnd.blogspot.com/2007/07/opie-cpufreq-applet.html

If you have tried it and it works for you, it probably is a good thing.

Having been critical, I should add that I do not know the problem space
very well. Don't let me slow you down.

E

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