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From: walt <w41ter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gnome 3.6 ... and related thoughts
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 02:36:21
Message-Id: 50DFA87B.7050908@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] gnome 3.6 ... and related thoughts by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On 12/27/2012 01:46 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
2 >
3 > greets ...
4 >
5 > today (at least in my timezone ;-) ) I saw gnome-3.6-related ebuilds
6 > coming up on my ~amd64 box ...
7 >
8 > I ran a backup (yes, experience ...) and emerged stuff ... so far it
9 > runs OK.
10 >
11 > There are changes and new features and I am still exploring stuff.
12 >
13 > The general question: is it a bug or a feature? ;-)
14
15 Heh. Good question :) I'm still asking the same question about gnome3
16 in general, and the more I see the more I don't like what I see.
17
18 I get the feeling that there is a tsunami of younger devs who are making
19 changes driven by testosterone more than anything else, and us old farts
20 are watching their adolescent hijinks with dismay based on sad experience.
21
22 But, hey, our fathers watched us with the same dismay, and look how well
23 we all turned out!