Re: CD1 without a network mirror isn't sufficient to install a full desktop environment

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Jon Dowland writes ("Re: CD1 without a network mirror isn't sufficient to install a full desktop environment"):
> There is not a single Debian release with the version that is being
> complained about. Therefore the audience of stable have not yet
> tried it, and you're drawing conclusions from the anecdotes of a
> sample of users who may not be representative of our (stable) users.

Firstly, my social circle is not confined to Debian users.  Secondly,
although I'm not one of them, I know that many people who like to run
Debian on their desktop prefer to use testing because they feel it is
more up to date.  I don't know what proportion of the overall Debian
userbase that represents, but neither do you.

> I feel that the decision to change from GNOME to something else, on the
> basis of complaints about GNOME 3, should only be considered after we've
> actually released with at least one version of GNOME 3.

I don't agree at all.  If xfce is more like GNOME 2 than GNOME 3 is
like GNOME 2 then you might as well argue the contrary.

Ian.