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Re: Luna Update

 

How can a DE crash? I think you mean Gala crashes? Have you just been
hearing about them or are there actual bug reports?


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Allen Lowe <lallenlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What about the reports I have been hearing of Pantheon crashes?
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey Guys,
>>
>> I'm not sure how closely everyone has been following the Beta2 milestone (
>> https://launchpad.net/elementary/+milestone/luna-beta2), but here's the
>> skinny:
>>
>> Files: 3 bugs
>> Gala: 3 Bugs
>> Granite: 1 Bug
>> Maya: 4 Bugs
>> Noise: 1 Bug
>> Dock: 1 Bug
>> Greeter: 8 Bugs
>> Slingshot: 2 Bugs
>> Wingpanel: 2 Bugs
>>
>> That means that for most of us, a release is only a couple of bugs away.
>> We're right on the edge.
>>
>> I dunno about you guys, but I'm sick of the Luna cycle. A lot of people
>> are getting bored. We want to work on cool new features and do fun
>> innovative stuff again. We want to get back to doing what we do best.
>>
>> My question is: Do we have any really good reasons not to release Luna as
>> soon as possible? We already have a lot of people using Luna as their
>> production environment and they're very happy doing so. How many of the
>> beta3 bugs can actually be fixed post-release?
>>
>> A newer Webkit, Clutter, GTK, and many other big libraries are waiting
>> for us in Luna +1. If we hang back too long trying to stabilize, we're
>> going to fall behind with things like animations, multi-touch support, etc.
>>
>> So what I'm saying is, let's polish this bad boy off so we can have some
>> fun again.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> elementaryos.org
>>
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