Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:16:53 +0200 From: "Kiffin Gish" <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> To: "'Jeremy Messenger'" <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Is Gnome 2.12 worth the hassle? Message-ID: <007501c5ba2a$07d80ec0$2201a8c0@ZGISH> In-Reply-To: <op.sw5rmqlg9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
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But is it possible to run both versions 2.10 and 2.12 of gnome on the same machine? -- Kiffin Rex Gish Gouda, The Netherlands > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Messenger [mailto:mezz7@cox.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 20:12 > To: Kiffin Gish > Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Is Gnome 2.12 worth the hassle? > > > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:03:39 -0500, Kiffin Gish > <kiffin@gish.demon.nl> > wrote: > > > I see that while the latest gnome desktop 2.12 is so-called 'ready' > > for freebsd, it will not be included in the official ports > directory > > until freebsd 6. > > > > Is it worth the hassle trying to download it and getting it > installed > > despite possible headaches and frustrations or should I > just be patient > > and > > wait for version 6? > > I only see an advantage of wait after FreeBSD 6 is that will > allowing many > third parties such as esclipe, ruby-gtk2/ruby-gnome2 and etc > to catch up > and release the tarball. I have no problem with GNOME 12 so > far as I don't > use esclipe and etc. It's only a few apps so far. > > If you are insteresting to help more on debug, feedback and > etc, then > install GNOME 2.12 right away and we will do our best to help you out. > > Cheers, > Mezz > > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > > -- > mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD GNOME Team > http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org >
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