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misano

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How to install Back version of GNOME

Hi — I was wondering: since GNOME has two release lines, which one is considered mainstream? Shouldn't we keep older GNOME versions available? For example, GNOME’s mainstream might move from 48 to 49, but GNOME 48 would still be maintained until GNOME 50 is released, and only then would 48 be phased out. If that were the case, Arch could keep packages for previous GNOME releases available in a parallel repository.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: How to install Back version of GNOME

Typically arch devs package only the latest stable versions of software (there are exceptions like electron and libreoffice)

For gnome that's currently v48 .

Gnome is an entire ecosystem and packaging it is hard and  a lot of work. Keeping 2 versions around would more then double the workload of the arch gnome maintainers.

If you prefer having access to multiple versions of gnome (or kde) , you need to look at other distros.

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky