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 -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux | Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
