Bug#658783: MATE Desktop Environment in Debian
I'd like to support the proposal to package MATE.
While I agree there is code duplication, that's obviously something that
will take some time to remove, however I also believe it's important
not to wait until it's cleaned.
There are many users who do not want to change their desktop from
their current debian/gnome2 setups (or for that matter ubuntu/gnome2
setups), and the gnome2 environment works well on older hardware
and with open graphics drivers, that might not be too hot on 3d. I
believe that working well on a wide range of hardware has always been
an important consideration in debian.
At the moment the nice people at Mint and Mate have got repositories
for their own builds and installing on other distros (including
Debian), however I assume that diverts resources away from things
like the de-duping, it also means that users have to install
stuff from other repos; that might be a problem for users in
corporate environments where they have sign off to use debian
repos for example.
Dave
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