On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:07:03PM +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Le jeudi 19 mai 2011 à 12:00 +0200, Olav Vitters a écrit : > > So my conclusion is that it is better to suggest something > > else. > > Well "using a ppa known to be a work in progress one" != "using Ubuntu", > we didn't upgrade to GNOME3 because we didn't think we would do a solid > work to integrate it on the schedule we had. The ppa is known to be > experimental, from https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3you > can read:
Heh? Didn't I already answer this? I noticed a lot of breakage and unanswered questions. So for *development* advice, I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu. > "This package contains packages from GNOME3 and their dependencies so > they can be used in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty). This PPA is EXPERIMENTAL and > MAY BREAK YOUR SYSTEM. There is no downgrade process." > > It's fair that you don't recommend an unstable ppa but Ubuntu itself is > shipping GNOME 2.32 and there is no reason it should create any issue > users. Would you not recommend using Debian because GNOME3 is in > experimental and using experimental might lead to some issues? Seems > your statement there is just not a fair one. Regarding Debian: I did not see anyone saying bad things about developing on Debian, so I wouldn't advice against Debian. Regarding Ubuntu: I did see bad things about developing on Ubuntu, so I'd advice against it. I'm not giving a judgement call on a distribution, the intend is giving good advice/support for new GNOME contributors. e.g.: <mr.smith> I want to contribute to GNOME, how do I start? <bkor> best to install either Fedora or Opensuse, jhbuild blah blah or: <mr.smith> I want to contribute to GNOME and have Ubuntu on my laptop, how do I start? <bkor> saw various issues with Ubuntu, suggest Fedora or Opensuse at the moment, jhbuild blah blah or: <mr.smith> I want to contribute to GNOME and have Debian on my laptop, how do I start? <bkor> jhbuild blah blah, no idea about Debian and jhbuild, jhbuild is difficult In brief: I'm not going to suggest something I think would result in unnecessary problems. I don't care if this might result in some people thinking I have something against Canonical or Ubuntu as I don't. -- Regards, Olav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
