Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> (2014-02-19): > After some discussion we've reached the following position statement, which > has the approval of Steven, Petr and myself: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > It is with much regret that we observe that GDM has grown hard dependencies > on a Linux-specific component (systemd). Although GDM still offers the > possibility of running it using ConsoleKit, this codepath is no longer > supported by upstream, and ConsoleKit itself is considered deprecated > software and has been abandoned by its developers. > > Furthermore, we observe that the GNOME UI has grown hard dependencies on GDM, > as well as other developments which make it impractical to run GNOME on > kernels other than Linux. Our understanding is that GNOME release managers don't > see this as a problem and are not actively trying to resolve this. > > In this situation we do not think it's reasonably practical for us to continue > providing assistance to ensure portability of the GNOME desktop on GNU/kFreeBSD. > > When it comes to individual applications, we'd like to support as many of > them as possible. As long as they are still intended to be portable by > their upstream developers, and that they don't have any hard dependency > on the GNOME desktop itself (i.e., they can be run as standalone apps), we > intend to continue providing porting assistance for them. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I thought this might be of some interest: http://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2014/02/19/on-portability/ Mraw, KiBi.
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