Re: Gnome 2.12

[Jérôme Warnier <jwarnier@beeznest.net>]

Le vendredi 07 octobre 2005 à 11:04 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 10:20:25AM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > Le jeudi 06 octobre 2005 à 22:39 -0600, Dave Loftis a écrit :
> > > Does anyone have an idea about timetable for getting gnome 2.12 in the
> > > tree?  Is there an experimental package?  Is there an ETA for an
> > > unstable package?  I've been looking for info in the lists archive and
> > > the #debian channel on freenode.  Is there a place I can look for this
> > > kind of thing, both now and in the future? 
> > 
> > Please read the thread "GNOME 2.10 schedule proposal" and "Update on
> > GNOME 2.10 schedule proposal" of those last days.
> > In short, work on GNOME 2.12 will start after 2.10 is clean (ie working
> > perfectly) in Etch. Discussions are going on about forgetting 2.10
> > alltogether at the moment, but still GNOME 2.10 is still the first step.
> 
> Notice that this doesn't give any real hint about *when* 2.10 is expected to
> be clean though.
I know, that's the reason for my second paragraph. ;-)

> > As usual in Debian, it will be ready when it will be ready, no promise,
> > but if you want it to happen sooner, you still are welcome to help
> > (testing, debugging, patching, ...).
> 
> Yeah, i have some doubts about the helpfullness of this philosophy, but hey,
> we will see.
Do we have the best OS on Earth, yes or no? :-D
So, what would you expect further? ;-)
I know we could do better, but it all depends on our hands, and I
personally like that.

> There are 2.12 packages in experimental though, right ?
Yes, but I'm not sure they all work perfectly (and together) yet.

> Friendly,
> 
> Sven Luther