Re: Boxes: UI/feature freeze break

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Matthias Clasen
<matthias clasen gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
> <zeeshanak gnome org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  Once again (hopefully last time) I need to break the feature/UI
>> freeze. Its regarding:
>>
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664774
>>
>> I think its an essential feature that many would complain about if it
>> doesn't go in with Boxes in 3.4.
>>
>> This is also an announcement for string changes (small ones).
>>
>
> It would be much easier to judge this if you told us what the string
> and ui changes are - what are the new or changed strings ? and how
> does the ui compare before/after ?

Ah you need a summary in the mail, sure! Here goes:

While Boxes allocates resources to new VMs automatically for you, it
doesn't always do the right job there (especially if OS is unknown or
we don't know the recommended/minimum resources for it). Moreover, as
Jon pointed out people do upgrade their hardware so they should be
able to upgrade their virtual hardware as well. The only non-obsoleted
patch in bug#664774  allows you to change RAM and storage allocation.

We added a new tab in the 'Properties' view as shown here:
http://static.fi/~zeenix/tmp/boxes+system-props.png

These are the new translatable strings:

1. "RAM"
2. "Storage"
3. "System"
3. "Changes require restart of '%s'. Attempt restart?"

Feel free to ask for more information, if needed.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
FSF member#5124