Re: Can someone provide a sensible plan for GNOME in Debian, please? [Was: Bug#158165]
Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org> writes:
> <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.
Then you don't tell me what exactly 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.
And you think that nautilus 2 in unstable is a good idea ?
People are starting to file bug report #158596 because nautilus 2 doesn't work
correctly with the G1 panel.
Christian
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