On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 03:06:45PM -0400, James Strandboge wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 13:32, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 03:26:30AM +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > <quote who="Ghe Rivero"> > > > > > > > I'm one of the fanatics that had been working on the Ximian Desktop port > > > > to Woody (Actually the only one packaging an preparing the patches). By > > > > the end of this week I hope to have finish with the last release and put > > > > all the sources available (at least most of then). > > > > > > > > Apart of this, i like XD2, and most of the improvements that they have > > > > done, but not all. It could be great if we could integrate some patches > > > > into the Debian desktop. I don't mind if gnome2.2 or Gnome2.4 goes into > > > > next stable. I'm actually working with the next XDunstable, based on > > > > Gnome2.4, so i can help anybody to have a real good desktop for Debian.. > > > > > > Ghe, I'm still not clear why you're doing this, particularly when you're > > > doing it independently of the larger woody backport project that is > > > already > > > running. Just about all of the Ximian stuff is *already present* in > > > Debian's > > > GNOME, minus a few fairly arguable patches here and there... I really > > > don't > > > grok why you have a whole separate effort for so little benefit beyond the > > > current Debian unstable GNOME (including the existing woody backport)... > > > > BTW, i am searching for woody backported 4.2.1 or 4.3.0 powerpc XFree86 > > packages, maybe you have an idea were to find such, and where is this > > 'larger existing woody backport' located ? > > Jeff is referring to mine. See: > > http://www.debianplanet.org/node.php?id=992 > > It contains xfree86 4.2.1 (with the patches to make totem work), and > methods for getting the backport to work correctly with xfree86 4.3.0 > (ie recompile pango with the new freetype). > > Unfortunately, it is only for i386. All the sources are there, ready to
Yep, that is what i feared. That is really the problem with having backports outside of the debian infrastructure, you only ever get x86. > be built, and all but one or two packages are from sid sources-- so they > should build ok (but I don't know of the specific compiler issues with > ppc and gcc-2.95.4/gcc-3.0). I'll accept patches for ppc builds (or > other arches for that matter). I tried backporting 4.3.0, but it needed fontconfig, which needed freetype, which needed xlibs (>>4.2.1), and at this moment i stopped, not having enough time that day. Anyway, Michel's dri-trunk server works fine, and is build on powerpc. Friendly, Sven Luther > > Jamie > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A > Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638 4A3A > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
