On Thu, 2002-06-27 at 19:16, Jeff Waugh wrote: > So, I strongly agree with the earlier discussion that involved conflicting > package-name2 packages sitting alongside their package-name GNOME 1.x > friends in unstable. Later on, when the integration/migration issues have > been resolved, the packages can be renamed.
I agree with this in principle. However, I'm not convinced it's going to happen in practice. I personally have no plans on creating *2 packages. I think a limited *2 policy should be implemented: in addition to the libraries and such where it's required, the base GNOME libs - i.e., the ones whose functionality cannot be done without for a user's desktop to be considered "GNOME" (like the panel, and nautilus, and such) - in particular those which are interdependent at runtime (and I'm not sure of the extent of these dependencies) - should use the *2 postfix for the first while. Simple applications, which are not materially different from the previous version and/or have clear benefit to a new version which few users will complain about should just go straight to the GNOME 2 version. -- Joe Drew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Please encrypt email sent to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
