GNOME 3.12

[Hashem Nasarat]

That did indeed clarify a misconception I had, thanks.

So raring (13.04) was the first Ubuntu to not include the latest &
greatest GNOME release. Raring included 3.6 even though 3.8 was released
a month prior. So since then Ubuntu has lagged behind GNOME by 7 months.

What I don't understand is why a 1-month lag was do-able until 3.8 since
I don't think there was anything fundamentally different about the 3.8
release cycle.

I wonder what it would take to get Ubuntu (& thus Ubuntu GNOME) lagging
behind by 1 month once again.

There's real potential in this since there are /very/ few distros which
ship the newest GNOME. Having this in the packaging in Ubuntu, and the
default in Ubuntu GNOME would be a great draw to the project.


On 03/27/2014 05:46 PM, Tim wrote:
> 
> On 28/03/14 01:43, Christian Dysthe wrote:
>> On Wed, 2014-03-26 at 17:04 -0400, Hashem Nasarat wrote:
>>> Well-written; thanks for posting! That being said, I miss the days of
>>> Ubuntu shipping the most recent GNOME (after a month of integration &
>>> testing).
>>>
>>> Do you think it would be possible to return to the original Ubuntu
>>> schedule of GNOME release date + 1 month?
>> This touches on a bigger issue: What is Ubuntu GNOME going to be in the
>> future? Two options:
>>
>> - A remix of stock Ubuntu with Gnome-Shell as desktop based on the
>> version of Gnome shipping with Ubuntu.
>>
>> or
>>   - A Ubuntu based distribution with the latest version of Gnome
>> available
>> provided by the Ubuntu GNOME team.
> No there is only *one* option:
>    - An Ubuntu based distribution shipping with the current stable
> version (which happens to be GNOME-1).
> 
> I think in general there are alot of misconceptions around what is
> actually an official Ubuntu flavour.
> Really it is about building a community around and then maintaining a
> particular packageset within the ubuntu archives,
> for us that is GNOME3 desktop, for Kubuntu that is KDE etc... Its not
> uncommon to see comments like "whats the point
> of Ubuntu GNOME, when I can just install gnome-shell on Ubuntu", and
> sure you can do that, but gnome-shell doesnt just magically
> appear in the archives, it is maintained by the Ubuntu GNOME team.
> 
> 
>>
>> The second option would mean that what today is the Ubuntu GNOME team
>> PPA becomes an official repository for the Ubuntu GNOME distribtion.
>> This would be kind of similar to how Linux Mint Debian Edition and
>> SolydXK relates to Debian or how Chakra relates to Arch.
> That is simply not possible since we an official flavour, we simply
> cannot include PPA's in the default install.
>>
>> The whole Mir/Wayland debacle is going to force this issue at some point
>> unless Canonical decided to back off Mir (which I do not think will
>> happen).
> There is no debacle here, Ubuntu will use MIR, Ubuntu GNOME and probably
> debian, KDE etc will be using wayland. Wayland will live in the main
> Ubuntu archives
>>
>> For now I'm perfectly happy with Ubuntu GNOME they way it is, so don't
>> get me wrong. 14.04 will be a great release! :)
>>> -Hashem
>>>
>>> On 03/26/2014 04:28 PM, Ali/amjjawad wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Kindly read this:
>>>>
>>>> http://ubuntugnome.org/gnome-3-12/
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> P.S.
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>>>>
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