Em 31-10-2013 14:12, Fernando de Oliveira escreveu: > Considering that two GNOME packages have been recently moved to archive > and gnome-keyring is now being considered to be moved there, some of us > have been discussing, and it seems that other GNOME packages could also > be archived. > > A few have been listed as still being used by some of us or as > dependencies for other packages in the book:
I am argumentative, sometime, but try always to accommodate the different points of view. On this subject, I was one of the first to agree on archiving most GNOME packages. But... I am back to the beginning of the thread. The reason is that we have somebody that uses all gnome packages. I have received two mails from him about the subject. So, if we are asking people to comment, I think these comments I received are a very relevant. Then may be we should keep the book as is. I will try to resume his arguments and add some of my own. In the second mail, there are several points: 1. He would send patches whenever necessary. 2. He could test packages. 3. This is restricted to GNOME directory. My points follow, now. I will write everything hypothetically, to be discussed by all of us, and only after discussion, a decision by all will be summarized. The first question is still relevant: how to maintain GNOME? I volunteer to go on maintaining it. No need for him to send patches for all packages, but eventually, his help will be asked. Second question is: what about the packages that cannot be tested by us? I will ask him to test for me. There is already one that needs testing: cheese. So, I am asking him to send me a post so that I can change it from lfs7.4_built to lfs7.4_checked, if he has the hardware. Third one is to ask him if there is any correction to the book which is already necessary (it seems there is at least one). I like baobab. I will restore it from archive (of course, after discussion, if no objection). Think these are the points still to be discussed, and am waiting for new points, comments and/or objections. When discussing about GNOME I always remember the work by Wayne (famous Wayne's book), after him, the effort by Ken to get it in the book, and by Armin maintaining it. It would be good not to lose all that. -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
