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On Mon, Nov 28 2011, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> Though I don’t use either Gnome version, I believe that we are quite safe with |
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> Gentoo for a while longer, as compared with most other distros out there. At |
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> least that is what I remember from my KDE experience; (almost) all distros |
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> jumped on the KDE 4 waggon as soon as the still unusable 4.1 and let KDE 3 |
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> fall instantly without alternative. |
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> OTOH, Gentoo remained with KDE3 as the main version for a comparably |
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> long time, and I am very grateful for that. And even after KDE4 became |
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> “stable” in portage, we could still use both in parallel for even |
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> longer before KDE3 was finally removed from portage. I think I made |
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> the final and complete switch as late as 4.3 or 4.4. |
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See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-903280.html, which I believe is |
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a good read. |
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One quote |
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5. Will gnome-2 still be supported? |
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For a limited time. We will support gnome-2 until gnome-3.x is |
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stabilized. After gnome-3.x is marked stable, which will happen at |
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some point in 2012, gnome-2 will be removed. We do not have the |
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man-hours needed to properly support two major versions of gnome. |
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allan |
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