Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:17:36 +0100 From: Anders Andersson <anders@hack.org> To: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Work on GNOME2 Message-ID: <20020210091736.GB1403@sushi.sanyusan.se> In-Reply-To: <B88B92A8.5527%ade@FreeBSD.org> References: <1013330639.260.25.camel@notebook> <B88B92A8.5527%ade@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Feb 10, 2002 at 02:59:52AM -0600, Ade Lovett wrote: > On 02/10/02 02:43, "Maxim Sobolev" <sobomax@mail.ru> wrote: > > I suspect that at least two people (Ade and Anders) independently > > started some initial work on getting GNOME2 bits and pieces together for > > FreeBSD and I wonder if the better approach would be to put ongoing work > > into remotely accessible cvs repo. This approach played just fine when > > we were working on FreeBSD/GNOME site and I think should also help in > > this case by reducing duplicate efforts and drawing more resources to > > the work. > > I'm not convinced about the need for a separate cvs repo for this, but I do > think that we should be thinking about putting out an x11/gnome2 metaport > based on the current tarballs as soon as possible, to get the new technology > into the ports tree and available for experimentation by more advanced GNOME > users (ie: those that don't mind trashing their systems). > > At the moment, I am in the process of setting up a sandboxed 4-STABLE > environment for complete testing and development of gnome2/FreeBSD > alongside the existing gnome metaport. > > I am not yet sure of the exact procedure that will be needed in terms of > incorporating gnome2 into the tree in terms of repo-copies. > > Perhaps the time has come to agree upon an initial set of snapshot distfiles > that we will use for x11/gnome2, then use those to develop the initial > platform, with upgrades occuring after the initial x11/gnome2 metaport etc > has been built and committed to the tree. > > For something as big as gnome2, I think we should be at least offering this > directly to end-users, with the big red letter saying "if you want 'stable' > GNOME, use 1.x, but feel free to try 2.x if you want to be famous", rather > than a private cvs-repo. I have to agree with Ade here. I think putting our early work in the ports tree for GNOME2 would be a good thing. -- Anders Andersson <anders@hack.org> UNIX, Networking and Security consultant +46 (0)705 87 53 35 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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