Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 10:08:02 +0200 From: Marc Recht <marc@informatik.uni-bremen.de> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GNOME 2.1 upgrade Message-ID: <20021002100802.58265995.marc@informatik.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <1033513054.343.16.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> References: <1033513054.343.16.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>
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> What do people think of upgrading the GNOME 2 components to the > just-released GNOME 2.1 versions? This is the development version that > will become GNOME 2.2. This will involve updating components such as > pango and gtk2. This may not be acceptable. > > Another alternative is to create -devel versions of the 2.1 components. > Of course, this will create pains when upgrading. It should be noted > that the 2.1 and upcoming 2.2 components will be _source and binary_ > compatible with the 2.0 components. > > Thoughts? Gnome2 is far from being stable. For example look at gconf-editor. Gtk+2 and frieds (pango, atk, glib) are the only exceptions. So, why not go with gtk2-devel and replacing the rest, hoping that Gnome 2.2 stabelizes. Just my 0.02 EUR.. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message
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