On 13-10-01 03:16 PM, Adam Dingle wrote: > I've used Ubuntu every day for 7 years and am active in the GNOME community. > The fact that Ubuntu lags one release behind GNOME is already a significant > burden for me. I often spend time building the newest version of GNOME apps, > which can be challenging since Ubuntu's libraries lag behind. > > If Ubuntu stays with 3.8 for Saucy+1 (i.e. starts to lag two releases behind > GNOME), I'd quite possibly switch to Fedora or Debian. Staying with 3.8 could > be fine for most users, especially if Canonical wants to focus most of its > energy on phones and tablets. But for anyone who wants to use the latest > GNOME > apps and especially anyone who wants to contribute to GNOME development, two > releases back is just too much. >
Isn't there a GNOME PPA that has the latest version in it? That would probably be exactly what you need. Even one version behing isn't great for GNOME development. Marc. -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
