Is Gnome 2.12 worth the hassle?

[Kiffin Gish]

But is it possible to run both versions 2.10 and 2.12 of gnome on the same
machine?

-- 
Kiffin Rex Gish
Gouda, The Netherlands

 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Messenger [mailto:mezz7 at cox.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 20:12
> To: Kiffin Gish
> Cc: freebsd-gnome at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Is Gnome 2.12 worth the hassle?
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:03:39 -0500, Kiffin Gish 
> <kiffin at gish.demon.nl>  
> wrote:
> 
> > I see that while the latest gnome desktop 2.12 is so-called 'ready' 
> > for freebsd, it will not be included in the official ports 
> directory 
> > until freebsd 6.
> >
> > Is it worth the hassle trying to download it and getting it 
> installed 
> > despite possible headaches and frustrations or should I 
> just be patient
> > and
> > wait for version 6?
> 
> I only see an advantage of wait after FreeBSD 6 is that will 
> allowing many  
> third parties such as esclipe, ruby-gtk2/ruby-gnome2 and etc 
> to catch up  
> and release the tarball. I have no problem with GNOME 12 so 
> far as I don't  
> use esclipe and etc. It's only a few apps so far.
> 
> If you are insteresting to help more on debug, feedback and 
> etc, then  
> install GNOME 2.12 right away and we will do our best to help you out.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mezz
> 
> > Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> 
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