Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:13:14 +0100 From: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> To: iijima yoshino <iijimayoshino@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD doesn't have a Gnome3 port? Message-ID: <CAKoxK%2B61HZPLR_xM7BC12dHc3y4eHPDCEvsRC8oQ_Jm1wUovnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1386221592.4385.16.camel@debian> References: <1386221592.4385.16.camel@debian>
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On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:33 AM, iijima yoshino <iijimayoshino@gmail.com> wrote: > Firstly, I know gnome3 needs systemd and systemd needs Linux. So ... > whatever. > I thought it's impossible to make gnome3 run on BSD systems, but the > OpenBSD shocked me! Wow, Gnome 3.8! You know, they're kind of freaks. > And now the PCBSD announced a next image which includes Gnome3/Cinnamon > desktops. Therefore it's not impossible. > So why FreeBSD doesn't have a Gonme3 port? > There is at least one port, but I'm not sure it is actively maintained: http://www.marcuscom.com:8080/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ports/x11/gnome3/ Besides, I believe that having or not having Gnome3 on *BSD is more a political issue (being Gnome tied to Linux) and to have developers to test and maintain the port. Luca
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