Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:35:36 -0700 From: Johnson David <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Ryan M <freedom@72oot.net>, newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gnome2 Message-ID: <200206241435.36675.djohnson@acuson.com> In-Reply-To: <3D1722E1.1000706@72oot.net> References: <3D1722E1.1000706@72oot.net>
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On Monday 24 June 2002 06:47 am, Ryan M wrote: > How come gnome.org seem to be obtuse and outdated? As a KDE fan, my opinions are strong on this subject, but I will refrain from commenting... > When i installed gnome2 on 4.6 release about half way through I got a > dialogue stating GDM is insecure, but you have to install it to > continue? There should be a way around this, but i could not find it, > oohh well. i dont use it anyway... Does it say *why* it's insecure? If it's because it's a suid executable, then there's not much you can do about it except not run it. Several X programs fall into this category. I believe XDM and KDM are suid as well. > I see in their Release roadmap that every new version breaks > compatibility with the previous. This is due to their decentralized release process and lack of project cohesion. Every GNOME subproject has its own release schedule, dependencies and version. It can be very hard for a GNOME newbie to figure out. As one example, it's why some GNOME stuff requires imlib and others require gdkpixbuf. You've heard the saying "like trying to herd cats". Well, GNOME developers are like a bunch of cats with the release manager playing the pitiful role of cat herder. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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