On 09/28/2011 02:26 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> But its seems like a lot of people would like Gnome2 back. Why
doesn't someone,
> who has a problem with it just rebuild and release Gnome2 for F15 (with a
> different package name) ?
Apparently it is already being done (sorry, forgot the new name of the
fork). However, AFAIK, it is far from straightforward to "rebuild and
release" it.
A usable fork of gnome2 will NEVER happen. People who think it will have
no idea of the size of the gnome project and related gtk-based projects.
Are they going to set up new source code repos? A new bugzilla? New
translation teams? A new release team? A new set of core developers
actually adding new code? Will other gtk-based projects (like my serial
terminal program, moserial) release gtk2 and gtk3 variants?
However, gnome-shell is heavily customizable through extensions. If
people want a gnome2-ish experience, they would be better off writing
extensions to mimic the gnome2 experience. Some already exist, of course.
I personally like gnome-shell. I can only conclude that people who don't
are bad people. People who kill kittens. Shame on you!
- Mike