Re: Can someone provide a sensible plan for GNOME in Debian, please? [Was: Bug#158165]
<quote who="Christian Marillat">
> Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> > When it comes to installing the GNOME 2.0 Desktop, you can't just install,
> > for example, gnome-terminal, because it doesn't interoperate well with the
> > 1.4 desktop. That's 100% upstream's fault. :-) Basically, you need to
>
> Can you elaborate ? I don't see what's exactly doesn't work with
> gnome-terminal 2 and G1 desktop.
It's not a case of the terminal 'not working' -> it doesn't interoperate
with the rest of the desktop.
It's one thing to have 1.x applications such as Evolution running under G2D,
but having critical components of either desktop release running together?
Not sensible at all, and Debian shouldn't be making that mistake *for* its
users.
- Jeff
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