Bug#762342: task-cinnamon-desktop: Please turn on display of Cinnamon desktop task

2014-09-29 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 11:53, Joey Hess wrote: Ben Armstrong wrote: Both Mate and Cinnamon feature the traditional panel and menu design that GNOME 2 did, so share more in common in design than they do with gnome-shell But then there's gnome 3 fallback mode. FWIW last I heard, that wasn't working, or has

Bug#762342: task-cinnamon-desktop: Please turn on display of Cinnamon desktop task

2014-09-29 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Armstrong wrote: Both Mate and Cinnamon feature the traditional panel and menu design that GNOME 2 did, so share more in common in design than they do with gnome-shell But then there's gnome 3 fallback mode. What perplexes me is why Mate, which is a throwback desktop based on an aging

Bug#762342: task-cinnamon-desktop: Please turn on display of Cinnamon desktop task

2014-09-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
On 23/09/14 02:36 PM, Joey Hess wrote: One way might be to decide if a given DE is fundamentally different than the others in some way, and if not, only include one of a set that share common characteristics. So, maybe only gnome and not cinnamon since it's a rather near cousin (AFIACS).

Bug#762342: task-cinnamon-desktop: Please turn on display of Cinnamon desktop task

2014-09-23 Thread Joey Hess
Ben Armstrong wrote: Please turn on display of the Cinnamon desktop task. I have tested building Jessie live images with Cinnamon included and it seems to already provide a usable desktop. It would be useful for testers to be able to see Cinnamon so they can try it and help shake out any

Bug#762342: task-cinnamon-desktop: Please turn on display of Cinnamon desktop task

2014-09-21 Thread Ben Armstrong
Package: tasksel Version: 3.26 Severity: normal Please turn on display of the Cinnamon desktop task. I have tested building Jessie live images with Cinnamon included and it seems to already provide a usable desktop. It would be useful for testers to be able to see Cinnamon so they can try it and