[desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] Indiana desktop UI spec - early draft

[Shawn Walker]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Alan Coopersmith
<alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>  > I suppose though, that the update mechanism could be modified to check
>  > for an updated package in the repositories and then offer to upgrade
>  > by calling ips to do it.
>
>  Though remember the Debian/IceWeasel situation - all changes like that
>  must be approved by the Mozilla Foundation or you'll have to change the
>  name from Thunderbird to something like StormFowl.

Wait...so you can remove the update functionality completely without
approval, but you need approval to put in your own update mechanism?

Bizarre.

I didn't think operating system specific issues like updates were
covered by their trademark restrictions.

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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
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