Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know that I've refactored our metapackages system, now it features more complete dependency lists and there is one place to change them instead of two. I've also updated and fixed our OS seeds (lists of packages to include - that's where metapackages and OS images come from).
In addition, people can use our platform seeds<https://code.launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-os/elementaryos/platform.precise>and build a custom OS with a totally different DE atop our enhancements to the core (all that insane speed of Jupiter and much more<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KzzotAAb9L471PO17Iiojq7jmm47ky5ceFNnHu0u5lA/edit>coming in Luna). I've also written a document<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RPPF14h1Sw2gQjGTuZjUIlNHnGrafS8ekhFjJM9MT00/edit>on seed customization. Might be a good idea to feature that in developer section after we release Luna. These changes affect Precise only, but as a user you won't be able to enjoy them due to mysterious Glib-related build failures that occur only in Precise and plague half of our apps (e.g. granite<https://code.launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-os/+recipe/granite-daily>). Oneiric is frozen at the plain old architecture because I can't afford maintaining 2 different sets of seeds at the moment. I've brought elementary-desktop back in Oneiric series (bug 904402<https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/904402>), but you'll have to poke me or any other guy from ~elementary-os<https://launchpad.net/%7Eelementary-os>each time you want it updated. Ivo Nunes (irc:netherblood) has been working on getting Ubuntu's large-scale seed-based build system to work for our case. eBuild uses seeds too since recently, but I don't recommend using it because its architecture is not ready to meet our growing needs. Happy holidays! -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
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