XFCE is short of maintainers, both upstream and debian, but 4.12 is expected to be released sometime in the next 6 months. That said, everything both debian and upstream is stable, and a number of 4.11 "development release" packages are able to be uploaded to experimental if more people come onboard to help with the resultant bugs.
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Cesare Leonardi <celeo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 24/10/2013 17:40, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> >> Let's change the default desktop for installation to xfce. > > > I agree. > I'm using it happily for more than a year and it mostly works. Less mature > than Gnome 2.x, which i still miss, but powerful and functional. > >> Pros: >> >> * CD#1 will work again without size worries >> >> * Smaller, simpler desktop >> >> * Works well/better on all supported kernels (?) >> >> * Does not depend on replacing init > > > * Works well with old hardware. > > * Basic compositing works well. > >> Cons: >> * <please fill in here> > > > * Currrent version 4.10 is older than a year and the current development is > very slow: i've read many times that it mostly depends on the cronical lack > of manpower. > Even if i agree on make xfce the default desktop, i think that upstream > health is a parameter that Debian should consider evaluating this switch. > > * As as a consequence of the previous point, i agree with Neil Williams that > xfce-goodies needs some love. > > Cesare. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52697682.2070...@gmail.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+k2i_1y-rf2433hhdqnd0dzywtv3f-5vnyecb6drofcq3_...@mail.gmail.com
