On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:40:58 +0100 Lorenzo Bandieri <lorenzo.bandi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Why weren't the new gnome packages named with a "3" in their name, to allow > >> both gnome 2 and gnome 3 to exist in the repositories, and allow the user > >> to > >> choose which one they want? After all, we had apache and apache2, php4 and > >> php5, mysql4 and mysql5, etc, etc. > >> > >> I'm not saying they should be allowed to be installed at the same time, if > >> that would cause problems. I would be perfectly happy if the "gnome3" > >> package(s) had a "Conflicts: gnome2" type of entry in the metadata. > >> > >> Does that seem reasonable? > > > > It's most probably because GNOME 2's been EOLd upstream. For example, > > IIRC, apache1 and apache2 coexisted for sarge and etch because they > > were both maintained upstream at the time. > > > I agree with Tom. As far as I can tell, gnome 2 is no more developed: > no support, no bugfixes, no updates... Not surprisingly, there is a > gnome 2 fork called Mate (at least, that I'm aware of), but I wouldn't > count on it: probably it'll never be included in the official debian > repos. > > When KDE 4 was released, I remember many KDE 3 users were > disappointed; to keep KDE 3.5 alive was made a fork called Trinity. > Indeed, Trinity Desktop Environment is still active and updated [1], > but is not included in the official debian repos, and... have you ever > heard of someone using trinity as DE? Personally, no. > > The past gnome forks all died after a short life (EXDE, GoneME). It's > sad, but even if gnome 2/Mate doesn't die, it *probably* will remain a > niche product for nostalgics. At least, the odds are against it. I > think that basically we have to hope/wait for gnome 3 to get better. > > Cheers, > Lorenzo > > > [1] http://trinitydesktop.org/ > > You can make Gnome3-shell look as near as damn it like gnome2-shell The only thing I haven't been able to do with 3 that i could do with 2 is right click on an app in the drop down menu to put a short cut of the app either on the desktop or the panel. And I haven't used any thing that wasn't in the debian repos. You are stuck with it , it wont go away. I hope the problem I had with gnome3-shell in fedora doesn't creep in to this distro. -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown e-mail: rich...@g8jvm.com or richard.b...@blueyonder.co.uk nil carborundum a illegitemis ################################################################################## Ham Call G8JVM . OS Debian Wheezy amd64 on a Dual core AMD Athlon 5200, 4 GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W ( degs mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ################################################################################## -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111115160239.30d6a89b@debian
