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#1 2014-03-25 22:56:48
- sb56637
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Cinnamon developed against Ubuntu 14.04 LTS -- What happens on Arch?
It looks like Linux Mint is considering sticking with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS for the next few releases.
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/linux-mi … e-for.html
Doesn't this mean that Cinnamon will be developed against the specific GTK version that is found in Ubuntu 14.04? And in that case, what happens to Cinnamon on Arch? I currently use Cinnamon on Manjaro (ahem, I know it's not Arch, but still) and it works really well. It would be a shame to lose Cinnamon, especially after the 2.0 version of Cinnamon became independant from Gnome to improve portability to other distros.
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#2 2014-03-25 23:16:42
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Re: Cinnamon developed against Ubuntu 14.04 LTS -- What happens on Arch?
So far the Cinnamon developers have been pretty good about getting Cinnamon to work with GTK versions that are well ahead (ArchLinux and Fedora) of those in Ubuntu.
The point you have to remember is that being a Cinnamon Developer isn't equivalent to being a Mint developer, even though Linux Mint is leading the project, so things may continue as they are with respect to Cinnamon and GTK. We'll have to see, won't we?
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#3 2014-03-25 23:22:45
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Re: Cinnamon developed against Ubuntu 14.04 LTS -- What happens on Arch?
I was kind of surprised to hear speculations on the Linux Unplugged podcast that this might lead to Cinnamon being locked to the Ubuntu LTS GTK version. Because I know they went to a lot of effort to make Cinnamon 2.0 independant of Gnome, which made it still packageable for Arch. I really do appreciate them making Cinnamon and being open to packaging it on other OSes. So I hope they don't regress now.
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#4 2014-03-26 12:46:22
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Re: Cinnamon developed against Ubuntu 14.04 LTS -- What happens on Arch?
I was kind of surprised to hear speculations on the Linux Unplugged podcast that this might lead to Cinnamon being locked to the Ubuntu LTS GTK version.
Hey, do you know how many problems they have had with trying to keep up with all the GTK versions with one main git branch of Cinnamon? They've had quite a few.
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