Re: GNOME 2 in unstable announcement
Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> writes:
> Le Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 10:52:20PM -0400, Joe Drew écrivait:
>> I think that given the backlash that's likely to happen, your upcoming
>> GNOME 2.0.1 upload should continue to have the *2 packages, offering us
>> the ability to later roll it into unstable (when transitions are more
>> established) and then into testing (when transitions are rock-solid).
>
> No !
yes :-)
>
> Stop kidding ! Look at the user reactions we had on this list, most
> unstable users are happy with G2D. It's only Jeff Waugh who keeps
> annoying us by announcing the end of the world once G2D is in unstable.
Hi all,
I'm just a happy debian user. I use testing with a mix of unstable
packages (sometimes experimental also). I have been impressed with the
quality of the debian distribution since I have started using it.
Some days ago I tried the experimental gnome2 packages. Aside an X
driver bug that put me in deep trouble, I also noted that all the
configurations I had weren't kept (I knew something awry could happen,
this was experimental stuff, so I'm not complaining at all). What I
also did notice is that some programs simply didn't work at all after
the transition (example : gnome1 applets).
I know I don't have an official voice here since I'm not a maintainer
(maybe one day, when I find something I can tackle), but here is my
plea : PLEASE OFFER THE CHOICE.
I don't ask for that choice to remain in debian when mostly everything
works, but just for a while, so users can choose to try gnome2, test
it, report bugs,... and so you can polish the transition with willing
users (of which I can be). That way, if the users find it too broken for
use, they can easily revert to gnome1. (which is a PITA if packages
have the same names).
Please bear in mind that you don"'t have to work on gnome1 packages
while gnome2 packages are also in unstable, but let them there for a
while.
> They won't go nuts.
Sorry, but they will.
--
Rémi
`Debian: giving you the power to shoot yourself in each
toe individually.' -- with kudos to Greg Lehey
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