That did indeed clarify a misconception I had, thanks. So raring (13.04) was the first Ubuntu to not include the latest & greatest GNOME release. Raring included 3.6 even though 3.8 was released a month prior. So since then Ubuntu has lagged behind GNOME by 7 months.
What I don't understand is why a 1-month lag was do-able until 3.8 since I don't think there was anything fundamentally different about the 3.8 release cycle. I wonder what it would take to get Ubuntu (& thus Ubuntu GNOME) lagging behind by 1 month once again. There's real potential in this since there are /very/ few distros which ship the newest GNOME. Having this in the packaging in Ubuntu, and the default in Ubuntu GNOME would be a great draw to the project. On 03/27/2014 05:46 PM, Tim wrote: > > On 28/03/14 01:43, Christian Dysthe wrote: >> On Wed, 2014-03-26 at 17:04 -0400, Hashem Nasarat wrote: >>> Well-written; thanks for posting! That being said, I miss the days of >>> Ubuntu shipping the most recent GNOME (after a month of integration & >>> testing). >>> >>> Do you think it would be possible to return to the original Ubuntu >>> schedule of GNOME release date + 1 month? >> This touches on a bigger issue: What is Ubuntu GNOME going to be in the >> future? Two options: >> >> - A remix of stock Ubuntu with Gnome-Shell as desktop based on the >> version of Gnome shipping with Ubuntu. >> >> or >> - A Ubuntu based distribution with the latest version of Gnome >> available >> provided by the Ubuntu GNOME team. > No there is only *one* option: > - An Ubuntu based distribution shipping with the current stable > version (which happens to be GNOME-1). > > I think in general there are alot of misconceptions around what is > actually an official Ubuntu flavour. > Really it is about building a community around and then maintaining a > particular packageset within the ubuntu archives, > for us that is GNOME3 desktop, for Kubuntu that is KDE etc... Its not > uncommon to see comments like "whats the point > of Ubuntu GNOME, when I can just install gnome-shell on Ubuntu", and > sure you can do that, but gnome-shell doesnt just magically > appear in the archives, it is maintained by the Ubuntu GNOME team. > > >> >> The second option would mean that what today is the Ubuntu GNOME team >> PPA becomes an official repository for the Ubuntu GNOME distribtion. >> This would be kind of similar to how Linux Mint Debian Edition and >> SolydXK relates to Debian or how Chakra relates to Arch. > That is simply not possible since we an official flavour, we simply > cannot include PPA's in the default install. >> >> The whole Mir/Wayland debacle is going to force this issue at some point >> unless Canonical decided to back off Mir (which I do not think will >> happen). > There is no debacle here, Ubuntu will use MIR, Ubuntu GNOME and probably > debian, KDE etc will be using wayland. Wayland will live in the main > Ubuntu archives >> >> For now I'm perfectly happy with Ubuntu GNOME they way it is, so don't >> get me wrong. 14.04 will be a great release! :) >>> -Hashem >>> >>> On 03/26/2014 04:28 PM, Ali/amjjawad wrote: >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Kindly read this: >>>> >>>> http://ubuntugnome.org/gnome-3-12/ >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> P.S. >>>> Link has been shared on all our Social Media Channels. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best Regards, >>>> amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> >>>> *Remember: *"All of us are smarter than any one of us." >>>> >>>> Ubuntu GNOME OneStopPage >>>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/OneStopPage> >>>> Join Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GettingInvolved> >>>> Test Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/Testing> >>>> Contact Ubuntu GNOME <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs> >>>> Download Ubuntu GNOME >>>> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME> >>>> >>>> > > -- Ubuntu-GNOME mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-gnome
