Addio Gnome su Slack
Inviato: mer 3 nov 2004, 18:33
Ho letto sul sito ufficiale di Slackware.com che , dalle prossime release, gnome non sarà piu implementata come pacchetto "ufficiale".
<BR>Onestamente ho sempre usato Kde (tranne che negli ultimi 5 mesi in cui sono passato allo gnomo) ma mi sembra una scelta uno zinzinello affrettata.
<BR>Negli ultimi periodi penso abbiamo visto tutti i passi da giganti fatti da questo DE e vorrei sapere la vostra opinione sull´argomento
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<BR>ecco l´articolo
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<BR>Slackware may drop GNOME
<BR>By Sam Varghese
<BR>October 27, 2004 - 3:54PM
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<BR>One of the oldest Linux distributions may drop the GNOME desktop and leave it to users to install this environment if they so wish.
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<BR>Slackware Linux was started by Patrick Volkerding in early 1993.
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<BR>In reply to a recent mailing list post, asking why the packages for the latest GNOME - version 2.8 - was still not available for Slackware, Volkerding wrote that since GNOME 1.4 he had felt that it (GNOME) was going in a direction that did not fit well with Slackware´s goals.
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<BR>He said as far back as release 1.4 he had considered removing it completely "and taking whatever flames I get for that decision."
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<BR>"Right now, I think removing it would be the best thing for Slackware as it´s become a maintainance (sic) nightmare," Volkerding wrote.
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<BR>"I do believe it would be best to let Dropline produce Slackware´s GNOME and quit wasting my own time with it. Probably 1/3 of developement time here is used maintaining GNOME, and *most* of the bug reports I get have something to do with GNOME (and aren´t bugs I caused, or can fix)."
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<BR>Dropline Systems is now producing a version of GNOME, designed specifically for Slackware systems.
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<BR>Volkerding continued: "KDE, on the other hand, tends to build using the existing build scripts with no changes at all. I can start the build and come back to finished packages in a few hours. A GNOME update usually takes at least a week of manual labor, and another week of cleaning up broken things. It´s been a long time (like I said, around GNOME 1.4), since I´ve felt the effort was worth the return."
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<BR>Asked for a reaction, Jeff Waugh, release manager for GNOME, said he could speak for himself and not the GNOME Project or Foundation.
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<BR>Waugh said: "Integrating and supporting a complete desktop software stack such as GNOME is a challenging task, comparable to the maintenance of a simplified Linux system such as Slackware. It is no surprise to me that Patrick is thinking about passing the torch to Dropline, who have done a sterling job providing high-quality, up-to-date releases of GNOME for Slackware.
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<BR>"That will give Patrick more time to focus on the core system, while leaving desktop integration to the Dropline folks, who rock so hard."
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<BR>Comment was sought from Volkerding and the GNOME Project.
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<BR>Onestamente ho sempre usato Kde (tranne che negli ultimi 5 mesi in cui sono passato allo gnomo) ma mi sembra una scelta uno zinzinello affrettata.
<BR>Negli ultimi periodi penso abbiamo visto tutti i passi da giganti fatti da questo DE e vorrei sapere la vostra opinione sull´argomento
<BR>
<BR>ecco l´articolo
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><!-- BBCode Quote Start --><TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font size=-1>Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT SIZE=-1><BLOCKQUOTE>
<BR>
<BR>Slackware may drop GNOME
<BR>By Sam Varghese
<BR>October 27, 2004 - 3:54PM
<BR>
<BR>One of the oldest Linux distributions may drop the GNOME desktop and leave it to users to install this environment if they so wish.
<BR>
<BR>Slackware Linux was started by Patrick Volkerding in early 1993.
<BR>
<BR>In reply to a recent mailing list post, asking why the packages for the latest GNOME - version 2.8 - was still not available for Slackware, Volkerding wrote that since GNOME 1.4 he had felt that it (GNOME) was going in a direction that did not fit well with Slackware´s goals.
<BR>
<BR>He said as far back as release 1.4 he had considered removing it completely "and taking whatever flames I get for that decision."
<BR>
<BR>"Right now, I think removing it would be the best thing for Slackware as it´s become a maintainance (sic) nightmare," Volkerding wrote.
<BR>
<BR>"I do believe it would be best to let Dropline produce Slackware´s GNOME and quit wasting my own time with it. Probably 1/3 of developement time here is used maintaining GNOME, and *most* of the bug reports I get have something to do with GNOME (and aren´t bugs I caused, or can fix)."
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<BR>
<BR>Dropline Systems is now producing a version of GNOME, designed specifically for Slackware systems.
<BR>
<BR>Volkerding continued: "KDE, on the other hand, tends to build using the existing build scripts with no changes at all. I can start the build and come back to finished packages in a few hours. A GNOME update usually takes at least a week of manual labor, and another week of cleaning up broken things. It´s been a long time (like I said, around GNOME 1.4), since I´ve felt the effort was worth the return."
<BR>
<BR>Asked for a reaction, Jeff Waugh, release manager for GNOME, said he could speak for himself and not the GNOME Project or Foundation.
<BR>
<BR>Waugh said: "Integrating and supporting a complete desktop software stack such as GNOME is a challenging task, comparable to the maintenance of a simplified Linux system such as Slackware. It is no surprise to me that Patrick is thinking about passing the torch to Dropline, who have done a sterling job providing high-quality, up-to-date releases of GNOME for Slackware.
<BR>
<BR>"That will give Patrick more time to focus on the core system, while leaving desktop integration to the Dropline folks, who rock so hard."
<BR>
<BR>Comment was sought from Volkerding and the GNOME Project.
<BR>
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