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From: "rubin@××××××.nl" <rubin@××××××.nl>
To: "gentoo-dev@l.g.o" <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] New desktop environment: Lumina
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 12:32:18
Message-Id: AM4PR05MB1603E4D23AB2EC7A769F4460D9820@AM4PR05MB1603.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com
1 Hi all,
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3 I've recently added Gentoo support to Lumina, a great, lightweight new desktop environment by the makers of PC-BSD, including an ebuild file for the upcoming 0.9 version. This was merged upstream a few minutes ago (https://github.com/pcbsd/lumina/pull/207). Lumina is created/distributed under the 3-clause BSD license ands has been written from scratch in C++/Qt5. It's not based on any existing desktop's code-base.
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5 It also does not have a dependency on any of the Linux-based desktop frameworks (ConsoleKit, PolicyKit, D-Bus, systemd, etc..), instead using a simple built-in interface layer for communicating directly with the operating system (which is the only class specific to the operating system - making it simple to port/customize).
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7 I've created an new ebuild ticket here: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578114
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9 I'm not familiar with how/if/when an ebuild can get accepted into Gentoo's portage tree, but it would be super if it would be! Lumina really deserves a wider audience and I think its philosophy is very compatible with Gentoo's way of doing things. If possible or required, I would not mind maintaining the ebuild.
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11 With kind regards,
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14 Rubin

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New desktop environment: Lumina "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>