This page is a first work document to list all proposed ideas for technical specifications for Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring release. Please list all needed information so that we can ask for more information if needed. It's also important to fill a bug in Bugzilla to keep history for any kind of proposal.
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| Make the Kernel compatible with VMware Tools. | John Minter |  Bug #43453 | See Bugzilla
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| Improved support for SiS190 and SiS191 Network cards on ASUS Laptops and ASUS Desktops | | |
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| A release kernel from the official Linus Mainline branch and NOT a release candidate kernel that is pulled when major work is going on at kernel.org. | | |
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| linus kernel sources, ncurses-devel gcc automake and make included on the livecd and openoffice dropped in favour of. Then people that need to compile kernel drivers to use networking, Can. | | |
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| Improve the support for netbooks like ASUS Eee PC. | | Bug #42689 | NEW
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| kernel module for ieee1394 dvd-rw drive work not properly after suspend | ivan8211 | |
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| make again usable the webcam operated by the driver gspca with skype,amsn, kopete etc, expecially on 64bit | picard12 | |
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| Make sure ipw3945 module compiles | | Bug #43579 |
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| better support for e-SATA external drives (seen as external drives like USB drives). | Fredxx | |
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| Better support for sound card based on the Intel chipset family 82801H,I-ICH8,9,10 | DaaX |
Bug #45838
Bug #38706
Bug #44855
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| Improve greatly and the support for DVB (or TNT in France) in Mandriva. It is extremely used and usefull and would give a serious advantage to Mandriva. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | Coming soon... |
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| Fingerprint authentication support | killer1987 | Bug #30791 |
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| Release Mandriva One in both 32 bit [i586/686] and 64bit [X64] formats..So that users of newer high end processor can utilize more from the OS. Since Mandriva is a mainstream OS developer , providing 64bit version of the most used MDV distro is must :) | Dark Star, freed | |
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| Integrate Smolt project into Mandriva
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| Correct the Hardware detection problem with Marvell 88SE61xx chipset | yannick56 | Bug #43975 and this link | NEW
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| upgrade lilo from 22.6.1 to 22.8 for better support for UUID and RAID | yannick56 | Bug #46805 | DONE
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| Add support for DVB-S2 www.linuxtv.org | Spike | | NEW
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| Driver for realtech RTL8187 wireless chipset is in need of much improvement,(at least for the 64 bit kernels) | Blackpanther-ST 06:01, 9 March 2009 (CET) | |
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| Development tools for the nice Arduino, an open-source electronics prototyping platform.avr-gcc,avr-gcc-c,avr-gdb,avr-libc,avr-libc-doc,avr-binutils. There is rpms for fc8 | JanPihlgren | |
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| Improve Splashy: reintroduce the feature to see the background image behind the prompt messages during the boot | killer1987 | |
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| Fix the relation with jpackage project to make their package compatible with Mandriva | jmartin | |
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| Fix the automatic sound configuration script. 2009.0 users are reporting needing to run alsaconf to solve sound issues. alsaconf is there for a reason. Install it by default and use it to configure cards automatically. | | |
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| Notify users about long running process during boot like DKMS module compilation | FACORAT Fabrice | Bug #46149 |
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| upgrade module-init-tools 3.3-pre11 to 3.5 (latest stable) to fix several memory leaks and reduce overhead
| Yannick56 | Bug #46790 | DONE (20090204 : in 3.6 final release)
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| upgrade glibc from 2.8 to 2.9 for better IPV6 support and better support for Indian languages | Yannick56 | Bug #46793 | DONE
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| upgrade udev from 130 to 135 for optimizing some of the computing expensive parts and very reduced memory use | Yannick56 | Bug #46799 | DONE (20090129 : in 137 final release)
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| upgrade libtools from 1.5.26 to 2.2.6a for more stability | Yannick56 | Bug #46800 | DONE (20090127 : in 2.2.6a final release)
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| Regroup the mozilla applications (sunbird, thunderbird, firefox) with their concerned language's RPM in the MCC.Sunbird is located in "bureautique" but the rpm's languages are located in "reseaux-WWW".Thunderbird is located in "reseau-courrier electronique", but the rpm's languages are located in "reseaux-WWW".clamav-db is located in "bases de données", but the GUI are located in "i don't remember where they are !!!" i think it could be easier if it was at the same places. | packthead | | NEEDINFO
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| General cleanup in contrib repository: a lot of old, broken, unmaintained and uninstallable packages are still provided in contrib repository wasting mirror space and causing a lot of bugs that won't be fixed being sent to bugzilla | Pacho Ramos | Bug #30890 |
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| Add an automatic dependency selection that is enabled by default so as not to overwhelm the new user. | JadziaMD | Bug #46120 |
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| Drop urpmi.setup*: doesn't work properly and edit-urpm-sources.pl can be used instead | Pacho Ramos | Bug #30921 | included in specs
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| plf repo versions of installed packages only recieve updates from plf and not Mandriva. | | |
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| Advice about what package repositories actually are and what they do contain. More info : I'd like at the bottom of drakrpm-edit-media, a text zone describing what a package repository is : the kind of support provided, if it's official or not, which license the software is. This text should be included in a file available on the repository itself. Localization of this file should be possible. For instance, the name of this file could be repository_policy.nn_nn where nn_nn is the language code of the text inside. This file is optional and its translations are also optional, but if it's available on the repository, then drakrpm-edit-media should display it (displaying text in the current locale and falling back to english if translation is unavailable). This file can also be signed : if signed by mandriva key, then the repository is considered as "official" and drakrpm-edit-media should show it explicitely. Of course, I expect this file to exist at least for all official Mandriva repositories (main/* contrib/* and non-free/*). | yoho | Bug #39595 |
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| Ability to select which protocols can be used by urpmi | yoho | Bug #43489 |
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| Ability to add/remove languages to the existing set of installed packages after installation (low priority). More info: users may install the distro in english, and after installation, forgot they should have added french to their languages. If they install locale-fr package, only the next packages which will be installed will have french (not the existing one). According to tv (seen on the cooker list), this feature is already possible, but has to be done "by hand". I think draklocale could integrate this feature : you should be able to reinstall all currently installed packages by using --replacepkgs option and maybe clever : only reinstall .mo/.po files for these packages. | yoho | Bug #36202 |
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| Old unused kernel and kernel-source use a lot of disk space : handle them like orphans (keep the previous one, but not the version before) | yoho | | included in specs
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| urpme : sentence suggesting to run --auto-orphan should be split in two | .:Spip:. | Bug #42484 |
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| Develop a graphical interface to deal with the deletion of orphan packages (ref. : urmpe --auto-orphans) | DaaX | | included in specs
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| Display by default the source of a package. Today, to know the source of the package, you must click on "details" and it's boring ! It should be better to display it in a separate column after the version column | Fredxx | |
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| Improve backports media management (consistency between urpmi and rpmdrake) | E2e574496ffa4a3ca22158b88f24cbde | Bug #40556 |
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| improve AND USE urpmi (rpmdrake) suggest feature | killer1987 | Bug #34919 |
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| Fix or drop urpmc. | Wally000 | Bug #10258 |
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| Do not interrupt rpmdrake : when a problem occurs while installing or downloading a set of packages, only report it in a summary at the end of the operation, no need to ask the user "Proceed Y/N ?" in the middle of it | yoho | |
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| Auto removing dependencies when removing a package in order to save disk space and to have a cleaner mandriva | E4c0662a4c2ebbc4cd70651016c238d1 | Bug #43723 |
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| Integrated LSUS (Linux Server Update Service) in the MCC for the update linux and windows package http://www.crdp.ac-caen.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57 | Jeff | |
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| add fonctionality auto updates and schedule hours updates | Jeff | |
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| upgrade rpm from 4.6.0 to 5.1.6 for LZMA compression and now can automatically track and download the vendor distribution files | Yannick56 | Bug #46839 | INVALID
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| improve the support for delta rpm packages in urpmi. | alphazine | Bug #24535 |
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| Reduce memory usage and startup time of mandriva applets (mdkonline, snapshots, netapplet, etc...) | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | Bug #45885 |
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| Add a graphical restore function to draksnapshot | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | | included in specs
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| the ability to set manually the modem port like ACM0, ttyXX, etc when you try to configure gprs/edge/3g device, and the ability to disable the pin request, mybe with a option "expert mode" | picard12 | |
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| add a screenshot of the graphical apps in rpmdrake | nerville | Bug #45896 | included in specs
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| Ability to run "Install available upgrades and shutdown" by clicking on icon when upgrades are available | Jorge | |
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| After the first beta is out, do not make any major changes to rpmdrake/urpmi. DO announce the new features and ask for broad testing. Make sure the updates work BEFORE release. | hajma | |
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| Drop or fix Rfbdrake: some bugs opened against it, it's not maintained actively since years | Pacho Ramos | | included in specs
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| Use in draknetcenter a better icon for interfaces protected by firewall | killer1987 | Bug #35612 |
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| Allow to see the ppp0 interfaces in Draknetcenter | killer1987 | Bug #34507 |
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| reorganize the categories that lists the software in rpmdrake | killer1987 | Bug #46028 |
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| Use ratings by popularity (and goodness) of programs in rpmdrake | killer1987 | Bug #37199 | included in specs
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| allow rpmdrake to install packages and dependencies and store all in the disk creating a local mirror | killer1987 | Bug #35624 |
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| improve and implement in rpmdrake the urpme --auto-orphans | killer1987 | | included in specs
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| Add the ability to create pptp VPNs with drakvpn instead of using drakconnect, so all creation of VPNs can be done from drakvpn | Sam Bailey | Bug #45836 |
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| Add the ability to mount an iso via gui tools or a context menu | Sam Bailey | Bug #45837 |
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| Add an option on update in order to get only security (not bugfix) updates, as shown in rpmdrake | steletch | |
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| Add an option in rpmdrake (or in edit-urpm-sources.pl) to put the content of the DVD on the disk, as is available during the installation step | steletch | |
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| Like the above, allow to copy only the "commercial" medias on the disk (so the rest can be grabbed from internet) | steletch | |
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| Increase the overall ergonomy and consistency of the tools, as this is a long-standing work in progress: UI_review Usability_project | steletch
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Bug #31857
Bug #39684
Bug #39301
Bug #34732
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| Embed progress bars in rpmdrake while installing packages to avoid many popups | steletch | Bug #31857 |
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| Do not add non-free repository by default for Free edition | shikamaru | Bug #40033 |
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| Incorporate rpmdrake and DVD in such a way that when DVD [free / Powerpack] is inserted in any version [One/free/flash/Powerpack] , rpmdrake opens up and allow user to add available software in DVD just like installing packages from edubuntu CD in ubuntu.. | Dark Star | |
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| RPMDrake : when you install a package you saved on your desktop and you install it, the software installer displays two progress bars : one total progress bar and one "per package" progress bar. It gives a better view of the installation progress when you install more than one packages, and is also used to update from 2008.1 to 2009.0. These two progress bars should be implemented in rpmdrake and displayed when you install packages with rpmdrake. Currently, it shows only one. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| RPMDrake : Clicking on package automatically starts downloading package information , this may confuse users [newbies] as package installation so please either remove this feature or store package information in PC itself. Aborting the package stats hangs rpmdrake , same happens when it starts downloading package when user is offline.. Sometimes the package information are quite big in size so better opt for a alternative method.. Addition to the above rpmdrake didn't list features nicely , it should be done with proper manner and with screen-shot if possible for better information.. | Dark Star | |
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| rpmdrake : improve backports media management (don't use disabled media, consistency between urpmi and rpmdrake) | E2e574496ffa4a3ca22158b88f24cbde | Bug #40556 |
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| RPMDrake : Allow the user to edit the update media to include repositories other than /updates. Use an expert button like in diskdrake, and add a warning as to why this should/shouldn't be done. | Donald Stewart | Bug #45786 |
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| mdkonline : allow to unselect some packages you do not wish to update | E2e574496ffa4a3ca22158b88f24cbde | Bug #29835 |
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| add a tool to customize and properly activate the power management of CPU, as governor choosing to use, changing the mode of operation. One frontends cpufreq.conf | picard12 | |
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| add draklive in MCC in order to create a backup iso file that is also a personalized live CD. Quoting A. Williamson 'flash freeze my current environment and turn it into a live CD' http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?p=601190#601190 | FT | |
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| Add an option in RPMDrake to allow searching in descriptions too. Searching is very frustant when you are searching a program that does something but you don't know the name, and the name of the package is completely unrelated or odd. | B3b936e04eca6cdfcd96ba815e108133 | |
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| MCC : Add perlbox and the sphynx system to the reposiories, and add an option to configure perlbox graphically, and to allow for the system to be control by voice, allow dictation and recitation. More info here | Donald Stewart | Bug #40548 |
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| Add a tool in DrakConf to install/configure webcams | motitos | Bug #45832 |
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| improve the bluetooth audio device (headset) support | picard12 | |
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| improve the text to speech like festival system integration, expecially whith the italian lang pack (actually is missing in repository) and it is possible, use it under openoffice | picard12 | |
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| add a voice recognize system able to control the pc | picard12 | |
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| Make sure that the usual shortcut ALT+F1 works even after switching from classic menu style to the kickoff style - now, if one switches to the kickoff style, ALT+F1 shortcut stops working and does not start working even after switching back to the classic menu style. Now it is a general problem of KDE - Fedora, Kubuntu are the same, Suse I am not sure. This bug is really annoying! | jsekal | | http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=178926
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| make sure a graphical desktop starts when even when the disk is full | aapgorilla | Bug #46377 |
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| Add a newbie how-to during installation (or to the default desktop)
| killer1987 | Bug #32617 |
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| make "lsusb" aviable for all users | picard12 | |
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| A better, more hierachical menu structure
| aapgorilla | to be created | we will keep existing menu
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| Add DNS cache by default for speeding up internet (by reducing delays)
| Kurt Kraut | Bug #45805 |
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| Improve 3D desktop performance greatly by implementing natively some options to compiz.
| 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | Bug #45908 | Looking at these options
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| When a detected disk is close to full up, an information bubble notification should appear at each user session startup to inform clearly the user. Currently, partmon only displays a message in the console during boot, which is not visible at all. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| A Video / Flash Tour describing Mandriva and its product along with Installation tips and educating new users about applications and tools available.. Just like Windows Tour or Pardus Video | Dark Star | |
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| Create a meta package for eclipse environment and components : in comparison to Ubuntu, installing eclipse packages to program in Javascript and other is quite difficult and uneasy. Developping a meta package for eclipse would be great for programmers.
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| Create a restore point as windows XP and Fedora Core 10... | Jeff | |
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| Make evolution the package DHCP 4.0 (success tested) and module init tool 3.5 | Jeff | |
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| Integrated in the MMC a equal Kiosk Admin Tool for the KDE 4.x because the parental control secure the world wild web et Kiosk Admin Tool secure the workspace in the workstation (watching http://mandriva.education.free.fr/?p=35 | Jeff | |
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| Devel one application catalog installed for the web interface (online) [watching LCS Caen] | Jeff | |
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| Integrated SSL Explorer (vpn ssl) because the nomade work is current. Exist the hamachi (no secure) for windows and with linux ??? | Jeff | |
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| Possibilitie for the parents a fixed the time connection of the session. (Example 15min, 30 in, 45min, 1H, 2H, 3H, 4H) | Jeff | |
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| Make a notification that proprietary drivers for user's video card are available (like in Ubuntu) | Yuri Myasoedov | |
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| sort the kde menu the same way it is sorted in the MCC "applications" | packthead | | not included
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| a GUI with which to configure the buttons of multimedia keyboards | picard12 | | apps already exist on that purpose
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| Suspend to disk, Suspend to ram and standby menu icons in kickoff. It's the default behaviour in kde4. Don't remove it this time. | | | DONE
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| special keys (PrintScreen, Volume up/down/Mute) work out of the box | hajma | | needs to be tested during releases
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| kde4 stupid sounds turned off by default or a Mandriva sound scheme created and used as default from creative commons audio. | | |
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| Do not enable any of nepomuk by default and offer a Mandriva tool to configure it. nepomuk is pointless on a live cd, Is still not functional enough and uses far too much disk space for indexing currently. | | |
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| enable nepomuk by default (if enough stable) and make the whole semantic system usable | killer1987 | |
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| enable kwin effects by default if possible | killer1987 | | not included cannot be automatized*Beeing implemented upstream : @see KDE 4.2 specs
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| implement codeina feature in Dragon Player (as totem already does) | killer1987 | | included in specs
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| reintroduce action panel (metabar?) in dolphin | killer1987 | KDE_bug | not included
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| Change KDE4 widgets(to oxygen) and menu style(kickoff) for first 2009.1 alpha releases to get better feedbacks | Sergio R. Lemke | Bug #45795 | waiting for upstream information
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| Add to the mandriva-launcher-menu the feature of favourites tab | killer1987 | Bug #43365 |
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| Implement in KDE 4 for all the medias the programs that can be used to open them | killer1987 | Image 1 image 2 (it works only for k9copy Bug #46150 |
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| Kickoff : improve defaults applications in favourites and computer (system) tabs | E2e574496ffa4a3ca22158b88f24cbde | Bug #42422 |
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| Time-based desktop background feature, like in 2008.1 (was KDE 3.5, feature has to be contributed upstream) | yoho | | included in specs
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| Redesign Log In Screen with something much better looking | Dark Star | |
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| Change most used applications in mandriva launcher menu (KDE 4) to the kde 3.5 style. Right now, to launch one of most used applications, you have to enter a submenu, which is annoying. I propose to go back to the 3.5 system, in which recent applications are in top and can be run directly without entering any submenu. | Alex Velez | Bug #46142 |
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| Restore user filesharing capabilities in Dolphin | FACORAT Fabrice | Bug #43861 |
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| Allow to import most important KDE3 settings in KDE4 to ease transition/upgrade from KDE 3 to KDE 4 ( from CLI or with a GUI ) | FACORAT Fabrice | Bug #42398 |
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| Include in kde4.2 the animated backgrounds from the Qedje project: http://dev.openbossa.org/trac/qedje | freed | | DONE
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| Set folder view as background by default (traditional desktop) in KDE 4.2, as it is what most people is used to. | Alex Velez | |
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| Include more beautiful themes and style already available in kde-look like Bespin and Diamond Max | nicolap | |
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| Find a solution in order to make the MCC with qt4 and stop doing it only with gtk please | nicolap | |
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| Include FireFox qt and not only the gtk version | nicolap | |
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| Include at least one theme with a beautiful software launcher like cairo dock | nicolap | |
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| Allow a different background for each desktop if desired. | Alex | |
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| Improve the out-of-the-box support for multimedia in Powerpack (codecs and browser plugins for the most popular formats: avi, mp3, wmv, rmvb, flv, mp4, mov etc) | lebarhon | |
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| Adobe® Flash® Plugin 10 both 32-bit and 64-bit (The current 64-bit is alpha but reported functional.) | | |
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| Don't include Amarok 2 in final release if it is not fully fonctional enough. | DaaX | |
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| Improve the sound quality and performance of PulseAudio : delete these "cuts" that can occur when playing sounds. Fedora has been working on it for its latest version (see release notes). | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| Replace Dragon Player with better alternative.. Please use Phonon-Xine or Phonon KDE in KDE version of Mandriva. It creates trouble with some media files | Dark Star | |
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| use Phonom-gstreamer insted of xine | 6arts | |
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| Add HDTV tuner support to TV time | Blackpanther-ST 06:23, 9 March 2009 (CET) | |
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| If Linux and Mandriva are to gain ground on the mainstream os'es, we desperately need a Shockwave compatible player or plugin, since Adobe seems to be unwilling to write one for Linux. | Blackpanther-ST 06:23, 9 March 2009 (CET) | |
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| Use buttons instead of text link in the MCC : it is less difficult to click... | packthead | | NEEDINFO
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| Draksec : Delete the option "Default choice" or "Choix par défaut" in french and show the option itself instead + Give more explanations in the tools's help window + Better classification of the options needed, categories in the option lists could make the list more clear. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | Bug #40665 | included in specs
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| Don't propose to install nvidia drivers when the upstream nvidia drivers are used (draktools - hardware).Same for ati drivers ? | packthead | |
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| Up and down arrows in mcc bootloader configuration so that boot entries can be moved up and down. Saves pressing the up or down arrow loads if you dual boot and don't understand /boot/grub/menu.lst | | |
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| Make All instead of Packages with a gui the default selection in the package manager from first time use. Users are confused when they are asked to search for and install firmware, Etc from the repos when they can't find it by searching. | | |
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| Add a Go! button to the right of the search bar in the packagemanager. Currently requires the enter key to start a seach, A mouse click would be nice. | | |
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| The option to select certain updates in the update manager and set them to ignore in future. To prevent constant reminders for unrequired updates like Mandriva versions over plf repo installed packages or regressed kernels (Common in 2009.0)
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| Make the package manager small windows that popup during searches or at every time the manager is started, Passive or don't let them notify the taskbar until they have finnished appearing and the package manager is ready to use.
Incorporating them straight into the ui is a better idea.
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| Add the ability to add a new icon for user in drakuser and not only change the icon | nerville | |
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| A button in drakrpm-edit-media for expert mode that corresponds to the --expert option | freed | |
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| Drakfirewall should dynamically detect the ports requested by programs (emule?) and allow to open them | killer1987 | |
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| Improve net_applet performance and usability or sobstitute it with knetworkmanager | killer1987 | |
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| mbr backup tool in the boot section of mcc. Can be an easy to use front end for the dd command and an mbr backup created at first install. mbr could then be backed up before grub updates to prevent a bricked system in case of a grub regression or at anytime by the user. The location of the backups must be made clear to the user and an option to backup into user's home dir should be available also. The user may then restore their mbr easily just by booting the live cd and using mcc. | | |
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| Improve overall usability of all the draktools | killer1987 | Page 1 page 2 |
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| Keep net_applet, and make it more reactive and give exact signal strengh. The taskbar icon showing the network should be animated, showing an animation and progression when it tries to connect. The interface is more intuitive than networkmanager so keep it, it is great. Perhaps drakroam and draknetcenter should be turned into one single interface. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| userdrake : not intuitive to which groups a user should belong to : please add a scheme what each type of box (office/desktop/games/server etc.) should set by default as group membership for new users and at various msec levels | dvgevers | Bug #21141 |
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| userdrake : display more avatars for user personalization. the older Mandriva avatars can be used, or simply use the avatars provided with Gnome and gdm. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| diskdrake : resize partitions "by the left side" | yoho | Bug #19867 |
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| Clean up the drakxtools family: remove the old/non-maintained/bugged tools, finish and improve the existing ones, and write documentation for all the tools. | falbabien | |
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| *new* drakremote : re-write this tool to permit easy & secure remote control of distant computer, in order to help beginners who encounter problems with their Mandriva systems, and give them the choice between: free community support or Mandriva support (for a fee).Add GUI for setings terminal: XRDP, XDMCP, FreeNX. | falbabien | |
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| diskdrake : Add some funcionality to rebuild easily a soft RAID array | Osado | Bug #40553 |
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| diskdrake : Auto-partitionning should create a bigger / partition by default, currently it is too small. ti should be at least 10-12 GB big + reduce size attributed to the swap. It should not be as big as it is right now as default. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| Add a new tool : a graphic frontend for ushare to make easy the compatiblity between the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and the PC used as medias center | Peuc | | See Coherence and applet
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| diskdrake : Partitioning with Disk Drake corrupt the partition table. Even changing mount point does the same .. Please fix it and add more stability and options to disk drake.. | Dark Star | |
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| drakproxy : Allow to define mandatory proxies settings ( i.e which can't be modified by the users from the application ) | FACORAT Fabrice | Bug #36064 |
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| rpmdrake should have the most general options bu default: graphical application should be replaced by all | .:Spip:. | Bug #46349 |
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| add option in MCC (mandriva control center) to force/choose IP adress IPV4 or IPV6 as dhcp client | Yannick56 | Bug #46806 |
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| drakbackup should be updated | motitos | Bug #20141 and Bug #46866 |
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| add option in MCC (mandriva control center) to force/choose IP adress IPV4 or IPV6 as dhcp client | Yannick56 | Bug #46806 |
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| Use torrent to seed alpha, beta & RC versions | .:Spip:. | Bug #45916 |
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| Professional artwork. The current 2009.0 artwork is extremely bad. I've seen five year olds draw better. | | |
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| substitute OO.org with Koffice 2 in KDE One edition to save space | killer1987 | | WONTFIX as Ooffice is a key apps people wait for demoing
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| create specialized cd like "system rescuecd" | packthead | | added in One specs
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| Add a USB media for localized One editions | steletch | | evaluation in progress
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| Drop all localized editions in favor of a more complete media (cf USB above) | steletch | |
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| add the tools rescue on Live CD | picard12 | | See above, added in specs
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| use grub on the livecd instead of isolinux (Or even grub2.) | | |
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| iso grub boot entry that will boot then chroot straight into an installed system and mount it's proc when given the password, Mount point, /dev device, Etc. Usefull to re-install grub if a vista/xp mbr and boot loader needs to be restored on a dual boot system | | |
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| Add a DVD edition with all locales and packages now that the removall of unused locales and unused hardware is present, there is even a page mentionning it on the wiki http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Development/Ideas/LiveDVD | steletch | |
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| Call for packagers for iso (for instance XFCE :-) so we can try to synchronize isos releases (even if keeping them from the community | steletch | | will be included in planning
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| Do something about the ISO's autorun program : it does not do anything, has a bad design and has not been modified in ages. A new autorun must be designed, perhaps similar to Ubuntu's one with an introduction to Mandriva. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | |
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| Provide A Williamson with a contract renewel. Without Adam, The 2009.1 release will be dead in the water. Adam is one of Mandriva's assets and to let him go is utterly foolish. You need people like Adam to help Mandriva hold onto users because without more people like him working for Mandriva, Mandriva will loose many users. English people don't want untested bug filled products without english speaking support.
I personally don't care but Adam is a key Mandriva asset. Mandriva isn't being proactive by ignoring that. :(
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forum topic
petition online
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answer from the CEO
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| Find a rich people who could support the distro and ship a Powerpack to all families in the world for Christmas. | falbabien | | Waiting for your ideas ;)
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| Please include more public Beta releases in the roadmap. The Release Candidates are staying with much bugs. Don't put Beta software on the Gold. Try to focus on rock solid stability and hardware support. yoho : how many beta ? Are you sure this would improve stability ? alphazine : one or two more. I think so that this phase need to be longer to test a wide range of hardware configurations and software combinations, and polish issues. | alphazine | |
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| When a final date for the coming out of Mandriva 2009 Spring has been decided, create an official count down counter image like did Fedora, OpenSuSE and Ubuntu for each future releases to be released soon. | 79cf62c519f335c4ce152b10c430186f | | added in specs
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| provide a reliable and stable Mandriva release and don't focus only in respecting the estimated date of release, but its quality | killer1987 | Bug #46029 |
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| use only stable software in the final Mandriva 2009.1 release and don't use development or release candidate version for the software in Linux Mandriva distribution.In cooker SVN for Mandriva 2009.1 (Spring), there is development or release candidate software. At distrowatch, I see the list cooker software : ati-driver, compiz stable, evolution, gnumeric, k3b, kdebase, koffice, module-init-tools, nautilus, NVIDIA-driver, vim and xfce. I don't want to be a beta tester when I will use the final Mandriva 2009.1 release | yannick56 | |
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| Ia Ora style: I suggest to redesign Ia Ora style to get more attractive environment as Ubuntu. Those guys make some changes in their U(K)buntu default style in every release. But Ia Ora doesn't change since 2007.0.
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| Replace Splashy with Plymouth
(+1 on that.)
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=plymouth;a=summary
http://freedesktop.org/software/plymouth/releases/
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureBetterStartup
usermodesetting is in the kernel now also.
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| try to support the most possible features of Thinkpad notebooks "out of the box" | spuk | |
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| Split task-games in several task metapackage | FACORAT Fabrice | Bug #39733 |
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| Enable Guest Account by default | Dark Star | |
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| GRUB: Create a set of GRUB backround images for various screen resolutions (800x600, 1024x768, etc.).
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| delete (rename) Mandriva club pages. It is not a good idea to keep this name which sounds like commercial & private | .:Spip:. | |
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| Trophées du Libre: pay attention to "Trophées du Libre" competition.
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| Program Documentation; far to many programs available for Mandriva have little or no documentation in the form of user E-manuals or help files. Considering that many of these programs break traditional methods in innovative ways (in it self a good thing) new users are lost and never get to see just powerful and functional these programs and Linux really are. I know that volunteer programmers don't want to write help files, but something needs to be organised so usable documentation can be written for these programs. | Blackpanther-ST 07:17, 9 March 2009 (CET) | |
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Bug #43453 
