On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 15:05, Robert McQueen wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 08:57:03AM -0400, James Strandboge wrote: > > I am the maintainer of the gnome2.2 backport for woody. I did actually > > get the backport to run under 4.1.0, but I don't know how stable it > > would prove day to day > >snip< > > from my backport. Note, this is a mostly untested configuration and may > > not work well. However, it is probably at least worth a try since you > > can easily uninstall all the packages mentioned without hurting your > > system. > > > > Jamie > > This is the alternative more complex method. You can just use the Gaim > from my URL if you don't need antialiased fonts. Note that I fully > support James' backports and use them myself on many machines, but I use > them to get GNOME 2.2 in its entirety. If you just want a newer Gaim, > it's overkill to backport Gtk 2.2 and fontconfig etc etc.
Obviously I wanted to plug the backport. :) But seriously, I didn't realize that you were providing debs. I may provide the debs (xft2, xrender, fontconfig, et al) to use with 4.1 for those who want to be daring. It is just a few libraries, then the rest of the backport would be the same. Jamie -- James Strandboge Targeted Performance Partners, LLC Web: http://www.tpptraining.com E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (585) 271-8370 Fax: (585) 271-8373
