From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 13:14:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17F9E1065780 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 13:14:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@neu.net) Received: from mail.neu.net (neu.net [204.109.60.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C81218FC16 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 13:14:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from neu.net (neu.net [204.109.60.194]) by mail.neu.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4JCRPMH036039 for ; Thu, 19 May 2011 12:27:25 GMT (envelope-from andy@neu.net) Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 12:27:25 +0000 (UTC) From: AN To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at neu.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=3.8 tests=TO_NO_BRKTS_DIRECT, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail.neu.net Subject: Gnome2.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 13:14:06 -0000 Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: To me, GNOME could add OS-level integration and provide clear delineation as to what is PI and what is PD. The PD stuff should have open specifications. That's the OSS model. But if the GNOME guys want to make GNOME into the Linux OS, that's their call. GNOME 2.x is still open. Perhaps the fork efforts being discussed will take off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What is the status of Gnome2 on FreeBSD? Specifically, will the ability to run Gnome2 exist in the future? If so, for how long?