Gnome2 in testing - any chances?
Hi,
I use testing and hence Gnome1. Some day I'd like to try out Gnome2,
but I am a bit reluctant to switch to unstable, as I have work to do,
and need a usable desktop.
Are there any chances that gnome2 will make it into testing within, say,
a few months?
Will I be better of reverting to stable and use the backport than 'risk'
an upgrade to unstable?
Is gnome2 worth the hassle?
I have my apt-preferences set up to allow installs from unstable, but I
am a bit reluctant to do so, since it includes a new libc. If I upgrade
that, I can just as well move to sid, right?
The changes in an upgrade seem a bit intimidating:
root@segesta 5003 # apt-get -t unstable install gnome
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
abiword abiword-common acme aspell aspell-bin aspell-en bonobo
bonobo-activation bug-buddy docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl eog
file-roller fontconfig galeon galeon-common gcc-3.2-base gconf-editor
gconf2 gedit gnome-applets gnome-control-center gnome-core
gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-tools gnome-icon-theme gnome-media
gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-session gnome-spell
gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal gnome-themes gnome-utils
gnome2-user-guide gstreamer-gconf gstreamer-runtime jade libart-2.0-2
libasound2 libaspell15 libatk1.0-0 libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo-dev
libbonobo2 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
libbonoboui2-common libcupsys2 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libexpat1
libfam0c102 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev libfribidi0
libgail-common libgail17 libgal21 libgcc1 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1
libgdk-pixbuf-dev libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2
libgdk-pixbuf2 libglade2-0 libglib2.0-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0
libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common
libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0
libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common
libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnutls5 libgstreamer0.6-0
libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2 liblinc1 liblzo1
libmetacity0 libnautilus2-2 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libopencdk4
liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common
libperl5.8 librsvg2-2 libsp1 libstartup-notification0 libstdc++5
libtasn1-0 libvte-common libvte4 libwnck-common libwnck4 libxft2
libxml2 libxslt1 metacity metacity-properties nautilus nautilus-data
xscreensaver xscreensaver-gnome yelp
The following packages will be REMOVED:
aspell-da gaspell gnome-help gtop libaspell10 libfam0 libnautilus0
libpspell-ispell1 libpspell4
The following NEW packages will be installed:
abiword abiword-common acme aspell-bin bonobo-activation bug-buddy
docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl file-roller fontconfig galeon
galeon-common gcc-3.2-base gconf-editor gconf2 gnome
gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-tools gnome-icon-theme
gnome-system-monitor gnome-themes gnome2-user-guide gstreamer-gconf
gstreamer-runtime jade libart-2.0-2 libaspell15 libatk1.0-0
libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
libbonoboui2-common libeel2-2 libeel2-data libfam0c102 libfontconfig1
libfribidi0 libgail-common libgail17 libgcc1 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1
libglade2-0 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common
libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeprint2.2-0
libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common
libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common
libgnutls5 libgstreamer0.6-0 libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-common
libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2 liblinc1 liblzo1 libmetacity0 libnautilus2-2
libopencdk4 liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0 libpango1.0-0
libpango1.0-common libperl5.8 librsvg2-2 libsp1
libstartup-notification0 libstdc++5 libtasn1-0 libvte-common libvte4
libwnck-common libwnck4 libxft2 metacity metacity-properties
nautilus-data xscreensaver xscreensaver-gnome yelp
33 packages upgraded, 90 newly installed, 9 to remove and 378 not upgraded.
Need to get 54.5MB/55.9MB of archives. After unpacking 71.6MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
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René Seindal (rene@seindal.dk) http://sights.seindal.dk/
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