You've made several fair points. You should follow Erasmo's advise. Regarding GTK+, I'd recommend adding the elementary testing PPA instead: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-os/+archive/testing ...
... and then upgrade your system. Welcome aboard! :) On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Erasmo Marín <erasmo.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can develop for Isis in Ubuntu 14.04, it's not Isis, but you don't > need Isis, you need to use some libraries. These libraries are a lot > easier to install if you use Ubuntu 14.04, because I don't know if > there are any usable Isis builds or if the scripts are working, the > last time I tried, it didn't work. > > So, install Ubuntu 14.04 and the elementary daily ppa, then you will > need a newer version of Gtk. I recomend you to download and manually > install the packages from here (instead adding the ppa): > > https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing/+packages > > only install what you need, be careful because you can break your system. > > 2014-04-08 23:33 GMT-04:00 Mark Raymond Jr. <markrt...@gmail.com>: > > I'm trying to work on a Switchboard plug, but after grabbing the branch > for > > a sample plug from Launchpad, it seems that I require Switchboard 2.0. > > According to the blog post by the core developers, it only exists in > Isis. > > So how am I supposed to develop anything for Isis with without being > able to > > use it? Some people on the Google+ page recommend getting Ubuntu 14.04 > and > > installing the elementary PPA's, but then a core developer will come > along > > and shoot that person down, saying that that method isn't actually Isis > (i.e > > It lacks some sort of packages or something), and therefore isn't valid > (Or > > something along those lines). Maybe I'm just not searching hard enough. > > There seems to be this massive campaign from the core devs to "Get > > Involved", though there's for me to test my "involvement" on. The whole > > point of releasing a beta is for developers to test their software. I > also > > understand that if you released a beta for developers, people who are not > > developers would just jump all over it. Surely there's someway to bridge > > that gap. I hate to be "that guy" that just criticizes, so I'd love to > help > > out in getting some sort of developer documentation going. I've the seen > the > > Google Doc, and read the site, while they're helpful in some extents, > they > > surely don't cover what I've explained above. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Mark Raymond Jr. > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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