Subject: Re: pkg/5989: no GNOME package
To: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
From: Jim Wise <jwise@unicast.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/20/1998 18:30:25
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Tim Rightnour wrote:
>On 20-Aug-98 Geoff Wing spoke unto us all:
># Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> typed:
># :>Fix:
># : Create a "gnome" package with similar structure to the "kde" package.
># : (not supplied)
>#
># Or wait a bit 'til it stabilises some more, e.g. next version. It needs
># quite a few patches to run. I found 0.25 more effort to build than 0.20
>
>I tend to agree here.. I looked into creating a pkg not too long ago.. and it
>seemed to me that GNOME was a mess. Total alpha-quality.
Well, FWIW, as of 0.26 it builds _mostly_ correctly, except that the new
CORBA bits (which are potentially used by just about every part of
GNOME) are rather flaky. I've been tracking this with thought toward
submitting a package, but figure it needs the Orbit (the GNOME Corba
ORB) libraries to advance at least a minor version or two.
- --
Jim Wise
jwise@unicast.com
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