On 19/02/2014 16:45, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Robert Millan <r...@debian.org> (2014-02-19): >> After some discussion we've reached the following position statement, which >> has the approval of Steven, Petr and myself: >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> It is with much regret that we observe that GDM has grown hard dependencies >> on a Linux-specific component (systemd). Although GDM still offers the >> possibility of running it using ConsoleKit, this codepath is no longer >> supported by upstream, and ConsoleKit itself is considered deprecated >> software and has been abandoned by its developers. >> >> Furthermore, we observe that the GNOME UI has grown hard dependencies on GDM, >> as well as other developments which make it impractical to run GNOME on >> kernels other than Linux. Our understanding is that GNOME release managers >> don't >> see this as a problem and are not actively trying to resolve this. >> >> In this situation we do not think it's reasonably practical for us to >> continue >> providing assistance to ensure portability of the GNOME desktop on >> GNU/kFreeBSD. >> >> When it comes to individual applications, we'd like to support as many of >> them as possible. As long as they are still intended to be portable by >> their upstream developers, and that they don't have any hard dependency >> on the GNOME desktop itself (i.e., they can be run as standalone apps), we >> intend to continue providing porting assistance for them. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > I thought this might be of some interest: > http://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2014/02/19/on-portability/
Skillful talk and some screenshots may be useful to persuade people, but alas, it has no effect whatsoever on the actual problem. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/53050f95.8030...@debian.org
