Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:05:31 -0600 From: "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net> To: "Michal Varga" <varga.michal@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnome-session 2.24 (upstream) mess Message-ID: <op.unj4r5xh9aq2h7@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3f1fd1ea0901101039j69b09b18s44650cbe3bbca45b@mail.gmail.com> References: <3f1fd1ea0901101039j69b09b18s44650cbe3bbca45b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:39:50 -0600, Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello guys, > I noticed that Gnome 2.24 was commited today along with gnome-session > 2.24, so I need to ask - how did FreeBSD Gnome team decide to deal > with the recent session management fuckup? I mean this: Because we don't know about this bug. Nobody has report about this bug when 2.24 was available in MarcusCom CVS for very long time. I guess, we will have to add in our known issue for now until we figure what to do with it. Cheers, Mezz > http://np237.livejournal.com/22014.html > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552387 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471980 > > ...etc, basically any OS/distribution that adopted 2.24 has been > heavilly bitten by this major regression (try google a few discussions > just for the lulz factor, though seriously, the whole situation is not > that much humorous) and so far I heard that only Gentoo ships > (probably somewhat modified/patched, though I'm not a Linux user and > would need to check their repos first) gnome-session 2.22 to address > it. > > Anyway, my question is (while i'm still syncing the ports) - was the > issue addressed on FreeBSD's side, if not, are there any plans to > address it "really soon", and if not (god save us), can someone please > at least put a neon blinking warning in UPDATING? I've seen a few > Linux early adopters of Gnome 2.24 on a verge of suicide then they > learned that session management (as we know it) has been shot in the > head, without any replacement in sight.. > > m. -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org
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