** Description changed:
- I plan to package pcmanfm2, which is a rewrite of pcmanfm.
- This rewrite may contents some regressions, so It's uesfull for the LTS to
keep the old one available. But for the futur, it's also usefull to have it,
because the old one is only in maintenance mode.
+ I request a FFe for pcmanfm2.
+
+ For now, the version of pcmanfm is 0.5.2. This version is in maintenance
+ mode, with only fixes for bugs which have a big impact. This version is
+ in Ubuntu since Intrepid, and considered stable and well tested.
+
+ The next version of pcmanfm is a complete rewrite, which fixed some
+ limitations of the old pcmanfm, and add many new features. It's the
+ future of pcmanfm. To mark this, the source was renamed pcmanfm2, until
+ it is considered stable enough to replace the old version. The actual
+ version (0.9.2) is considered in feature freeze. It was tested by
+ severals people in the Lubuntu PPA (https://edge.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-
+ desktop/+archive/ppa). It's quite usable, and stable enough for common
+ use cases. However, compared to the old one, it could have some
+ regressions (features missing, translations). As Lucid is a LTS, I think
+ it's important to have the old one for people wanted a good stability.
+ But, as pcmanfm is an important piece of LXDE desktop, having it
+ available in the repository for the long term would be nice. The old
+ pcmanfm will be very old/deprecated in 1 or 2 years.
+
+ Having the 2 sources should not increase a lot the maintenance. pcmanfm
+ is in maintaince mode, and shouldn't have any updates.
+
+ I request the FFe for pcmanfm2, and for libfm, which is the library
+ behind pcmanfm2. It's new in Lucid since Karmic, and there is no depends
+ except pcmanfm2. It's the base of pcmanfm2, and having the FFe for only
+ one is useless.
** Summary changed:
- [need-packaging] pcmanfm2
+ [need-packaging] [FFe] pcmanfm2
** Changed in: ubuntu
Assignee: Julien Lavergne (gilir) => (unassigned)
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: In Progress => New
** Description changed:
I request a FFe for pcmanfm2.
For now, the version of pcmanfm is 0.5.2. This version is in maintenance
mode, with only fixes for bugs which have a big impact. This version is
in Ubuntu since Intrepid, and considered stable and well tested.
The next version of pcmanfm is a complete rewrite, which fixed some
limitations of the old pcmanfm, and add many new features. It's the
future of pcmanfm. To mark this, the source was renamed pcmanfm2, until
it is considered stable enough to replace the old version. The actual
version (0.9.2) is considered in feature freeze. It was tested by
severals people in the Lubuntu PPA (https://edge.launchpad.net/~lubuntu-
desktop/+archive/ppa). It's quite usable, and stable enough for common
use cases. However, compared to the old one, it could have some
regressions (features missing, translations). As Lucid is a LTS, I think
it's important to have the old one for people wanted a good stability.
But, as pcmanfm is an important piece of LXDE desktop, having it
available in the repository for the long term would be nice. The old
pcmanfm will be very old/deprecated in 1 or 2 years.
Having the 2 sources should not increase a lot the maintenance. pcmanfm
is in maintaince mode, and shouldn't have any updates.
I request the FFe for pcmanfm2, and for libfm, which is the library
behind pcmanfm2. It's new in Lucid since Karmic, and there is no depends
except pcmanfm2. It's the base of pcmanfm2, and having the FFe for only
one is useless.
+
+ Tarballs : http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcmanfm/files/ (libfm 0.1.5
+ and pcmanfm2 0.9.2)
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[need-packaging] [FFe] pcmanfm2
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