Tech review report of config-desktop.xml

Not against a definition of desktop environment but this definition is innaccurate and we should avoid the use of the word server. A "desktop environment provides a standardised set of widgets and a window manager" would be simpler. Generic definitions of DE tend to err on the side of covering everything from GUI to applications - there are still a number of us who prefer to use only a window manager.

I can see why you would want to include a command line version, however it is best that we stick to the use of synaptic for cohesion across the documentation. Such a link would arguably be more useful in the server guide or in reference to alternate installs.

These descriptions of what a "desktop environment" is all sound a bit technical for our serious use base. The word "widget" should certainly never appear in our documentation!

OK, do you suggest we leave it as is?

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These descriptions of what a "desktop environment" is all sound a bit
technical for our serious use base. The word "widget" should certainly
never appear in our documentation!

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I'm happy that this section doesn't need to be patched.

There's the issue of referring to the use of Synaptic to install the meta packages. We should link to "Add Applications" where generic instructions can be found, rather than relying on one specific installation method.

Agreed Phil, in this case Add/Remove doesn't (I may stand to be corrected but I couldn't see it) offer a meta package for KDE installation.

Thanks for the review Vignesh. The explanation you've provided of a "desktop environment" is a bit over technical, but I think I understand the concern you're raising and have added an introductory paragraph to the -karmic branch to address this.

As for the other issue, the document now uses an apt link to install these packages, and this is the current way that we specify installing packages.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 9.10.1

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ubuntu-docs (9.10.1) karmic; urgency=low

  * [Matthew East]
    - First release for Karmic
    - Drastically shorten package build time by only building translated xml
      for translations that we are actually going to ship
    - hardware.xml - computer-janitor updates
    - Correction to PhotoEditor instructions - patch from Connor Ines - LP: #355008
    - photos.xml - import window opens automatically on f-spot first use, LP: #209530
    - Add introductory paragraph to seek to explain GNOME desktop - LP: #219972
    - Errors in musicvideophotos, patches from Artur Szymanski and Connor Imes - LP: #359288
    - Typos in desktop-effects.xml, patch from Connor Imes. LP: #357344
    - add missing apt: prefix to xchat-gnome installation link, LP: #356933
    - Update debian/control and debian/copyright - patch from Nathan Handler, LP: #363552
    - Grammar error in virtualization.xml, patch from Connor Imes. LP: #352313
    - Make language in jockey section consistent with language used in UI, LP: #274845
    - Add link to debian section on Ubuntu website, patch from Connor Imes, LP: #257337
  * [Bhuvaneswaran A]
    - serverguide/lamp-applications.xml - improvements to mediawiki instructions
    - serverguide/chat.xml - new section about chat server applications
    - improvements to exim section in serverguide/mail
  * [Dean Sas] - typo fix in serverguide/jeos

 -- Matthew East <email address hidden> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:23:20 +0100