From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE4ED1381F3 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0850FE0B21; Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A763E0B04 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:14:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.43] (pool-71-163-53-91.washdc.fios.verizon.net [71.163.53.91]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tetromino) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1FE4433EAC8 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1375881254.7753.41.camel@rook> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gnome Stabilization 3.6 or 3.8 From: Alexandre Rostovtsev To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:14:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5202416C.5@gentoo.org> References: <5202416C.5@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6f48bca6-3335-4cdd-8cd9-054d6602224a X-Archives-Hash: 75e52d581e8b5fa94875ccc312f3992f On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 14:45 +0200, Michael Weber wrote: > Greetings, > > Gnome Herd decided to target stablilization of 3.8 [1] which requires > systemd. > > What are the reasons to stable 3.8 and not 3.6, a version w/o this > restriction, enabling all non systemd users to profit from this > eye-candy as well. > > I raise the freedom of choice card here. And deliberately choosing an > uncooperative version doesn't shine a good light. > > Facts, pls! > > Michael > > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478252 To stabilize gnome-3.6, we would need 1. one or (preferably) two *active* gentoo developers; 2. who are familiar with gnome's internals and are able to backport bugfixes from 3.8/3.10 without support from upstream developers; and 3. who volunteer to run openrc+gnome-3.6 for a long time on their main machines so that they can give a stable 3.6 the support that the word 'stable' implies. We do not have such people on the gnome team.