Re: debian mate

[Michael Schmitt <tcwardrobe@gmail.com>]

Am 21.11.2012 11:19, schrieb Marc Haber:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:03:33 +0100, Michael Schmitt
> <tcwardrobe@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > Am 20.11.2012 23:14, schrieb Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez:
> > > AFAIK is completely impossible that Debian ships MATE for Wheezy. Wheezy
> > > has been frozen time ago and by policy no new packages are allowed in
> > > the archive for testing during the freeze.
> > So much for the general rules... but exceptions ARE possible!
> If you are really thinking that the Release Team would let a big and
> controverse package like MATE into wheezy at this time of the release
> process, you are completely out of line. This is never going to
> happen, and it is good that this is not going to happen.
Yeah, call me naive, but I really had the feeling I could convince 
others to pull that stunt. And don't get me wrong there. I still believe 
it would have been best for a fair amount of users to have an as least 
problematic as possible upgrade-path for their desktop. But that does 
not cut it, which I understand and accept.

Read: I am in-line now. ;)

> As a non-user of GNOME or MATE, I would hate to have the release
> delayed for that reason.
Yeah, well...

> Greetings
> Marc
regards
Michael