Re: Gnome2 in Testing

2003-08-14 Thread user list
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 12:04:34PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 01:50:04AM -0500, Michael Heironimus wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:11:02AM -0500, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me if Gnome in Testing is anywhere near usable? > > > > When I last

Re: Gnome2 in Testing

2003-08-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 11:02:31AM -0600, user list wrote: > On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 12:04:34PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Some of the blockages to this are disappearing as I type; lots more > > GNOME packages will be in testing today, and gdbm should make it > > tomorrow. There's a build probl

Re: Gnome2 in Testing

2003-07-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 01:50:04AM -0500, Michael Heironimus wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:11:02AM -0500, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if Gnome in Testing is anywhere near usable? > > When I last looked it was usable, but not complete. The migration from > GNOME 1 to

Re: Gnome2 in Testing

2003-07-19 Thread Michael Heironimus
On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 12:11:02AM -0500, Christopher L. Everett wrote: > Can anyone tell me if Gnome in Testing is anywhere near usable? When I last looked it was usable, but not complete. The migration from GNOME 1 to 2 isn't all that smooth, several big components went through but now it's goin

Gnome2 in Testing

2003-07-17 Thread Christopher L. Everett
Can anyone tell me if Gnome in Testing is anywhere near usable? I'm using sid, but frankly I'm being distracted from doing real work: I find both the Mozilla Navigator and Mozilla ThunderBird browsers pretty well unusable, & I'm having a hard time getting real work done--I think stepping b

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:19 AM Subject: Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances? > Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > DvB sez: > > } The only real problem I have with gnome1.4 is that it appears to want to > > } create a new pager for e

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-18 Thread Mohammed Sameer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Once upon a time René Seindal wrote @ Tue, 18 Feb 2003 00:11:33 +0100 > Will I be better of reverting to stable and use the backport than 'risk' > an upgrade to unstable? > Why don't you compile from source ? Using garnome 0.21.0 on a woody box with

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-18 Thread DvB
Gregory Seidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > DvB sez: > } The only real problem I have with gnome1.4 is that it appears to want to > } create a new pager for every "workspace" I create with sawfish, so I've > } ended up having one workspace and adding an extra row/column to it. > > Eh? I don't k

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-17 Thread Gregory Seidman
DvB sez: } Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: } > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:11:33AM +0100, René Seindal wrote: } > | Is gnome2 worth the hassle? } > No. (IMO) } } Does this mean that, once gnome2 gets into testing, we're all screwed? Um, well, depends on your point of view. I was

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-17 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 21:04, DvB wrote: > Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:11:33AM +0100, René Seindal wrote: > > > > | Is gnome2 worth the hassle? > > > > No. (IMO) > > > > Does this mean that, once gnome2 gets into testing, we're all screwed

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-17 Thread DvB
Derrick 'dman' Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:11:33AM +0100, René Seindal wrote: > > | Is gnome2 worth the hassle? > > No. (IMO) > Does this mean that, once gnome2 gets into testing, we're all screwed? I keep hearing about how much less configurable gnome2 is

Re: Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 12:11:33AM +0100, René Seindal wrote: | Are there any chances that gnome2 will make it into testing within, say, | a few months? There is a chance, yes. ;-). | Will I be better of reverting to stable and use the backport than 'risk' | an upgrade to unstable? Probably, o

Gnome2 in testing - any chances?

2003-02-17 Thread René Seindal
Hi, I use testing and hence Gnome1. Some day I'd like to try out Gnome2, but I am a bit reluctant to switch to unstable, as I have work to do, and need a usable desktop. Are there any chances that gnome2 will make it into testing within, say, a few months? Will I be better of reverting to stabl