On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Federico Mena Quintero <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't want to blame jhbuild; this is a larger problem with how we have > structured the development of Gnome. I'm happy that (e.g.) Colin > Walters is working on ostree > ( http://git.gnome.org/browse/ostree/tree/README.md ), but while it > seems like a truly fantastic way to install prebuilt binaries without > disrupting your system, it doesn't solve the problem of building those > binaries in the first place - correct me if I'm wrong!
You're wrong. The other tool, besides ostree, is ostbuild, which is like jhbuild, but less crazy. > So this mail is about: how do *you* hack on Gnome on an everyday basis? > Do people get their source trees built only up to the modules they hack > on, and ignore the rest (been there, done that)? Do people wait until a > distro carries packages for development versions (too late in the game; > been there, done that)? How would *you* make Gnome score higher on the > Joel Test? > > (Side thoughts: how many people have *actually* tested a full 3.4 > install?) > > Federico > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- Jasper _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
