Joris Huizer said: > Hello everybody, > > Just a quick question: > Why is gnome 1.4 installed by default rather than > gnome 2 ? Are there security reasons or whatever ? > > Oh, and how can I install gnome 2 if there are no > (serious) problems ?
I don't think gnome2 was available when woody froze? When a debian distro goes into 'freeze' nothing new is permitted other then bugfixes. Things such as gnome2 are especially forbidden since it is such a big intrusive change. from the complaints I've read on this list about gnome2 in sid and/or sarge I think it was a good decision, it seems even today gnome2 is not ready(at least in debian). I'm not a gnome user, though I do rely on many GTK apps, phoenix, mozilla, gnome-terminal, gimp, gnotepad+, staroffice are my most used applications. gnome2 should be available in the next debian stable release(NOT the next POINT release, i.e. 'revision') which if my past experience holds will be in approx another year and a half. That is assuming there isn't a gnome 3 by then :) I think the debian folks are working on speeding up the release cycle, so the next major rev may come out sooner. there may be 3rd party packages for gnome2 available for woody, I'm not sure. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]