Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:19:53 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com> To: AN <andy@neu.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome2 Forks Message-ID: <CADLFttdubG7L-Pgv4Bi7iapTSekLA6wpZsdcaZxcLd%2BfXqsk_Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204181604000.34141@mail.neu.net> References: <20120418120020.C5E20106571B@hub.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1204181604000.34141@mail.neu.net>
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:15 PM, AN <andy@neu.net> wrote: > What is the status of the Gnome2 port currently in the ports tree: > gnome2 2.32.1_4 =A0(/usr/ports/x11/gnome2/) > > How much longer will it be available? > > Will it be deleted? > > How long will it be supported by FreeBSD Gnome team? > > What are the issues with continuing to use this port in the future? It will be deleted when it is impossible to maintain, have a reliable to replace, or else. There is no way of tell when it will be difficult to maintain, when they will be broken, have a reliable replacement or different reasons. It's hard to replace from GNOME 2 to MATE, because MATE has renamed some of libraries/applications to avoid conflict with GNOME 2 & 3. The replacement means that we will have to add some patches in the third-party libraries/applications to understand the rename of libraries/applications. Even the ~/.* have been renamed too. I think we shouldn't replace from GNOME 2 to MATE. Just add MATE and let GNOME 2 dying until it's time to delete (again, no idea when). I believe this way is what we (althought, team hasn't discuss about it yet) will go with. BTW: If there are libraries/applications in the ports tree that have GNOME 2 dependency optional. I think it's best to disable it completely now without optional provide. Cheers, Mezz --=20 mezz.freebsd@gmail.com - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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