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[Victor Eduardo <victoreduardm@xxxxxxxxx>]

You've made several fair points. You should follow Erasmo's advise.

Regarding GTK+, I'd recommend adding the elementary testing PPA instead:
https://launchpad.net/~elementary-os/+archive/testing ...

... and then upgrade your system.

Welcome aboard! :)


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Erasmo Marín <erasmo.marin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You can develop for Isis in Ubuntu 14.04, it's not Isis, but you don't
> need Isis, you need to use some libraries. These libraries are a lot
> easier to install if you use Ubuntu 14.04, because I don't know if
> there are any usable Isis builds or if the scripts are working, the
> last time I tried, it didn't work.
>
> So, install Ubuntu 14.04 and the elementary daily ppa, then you will
> need a newer version of Gtk. I recomend you to download and manually
> install the packages from here (instead adding the ppa):
>
> https://launchpad.net/~ricotz/+archive/testing/+packages
>
> only install what you need, be careful because you can break your system.
>
> 2014-04-08 23:33 GMT-04:00 Mark Raymond Jr. <markrtoon@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > I'm trying to work on a Switchboard plug, but after grabbing the branch
> for
> > a sample plug from Launchpad, it seems that I require Switchboard 2.0.
> > According to the blog post by the core developers, it only exists in
> Isis.
> > So how am I supposed to develop anything for Isis with without being
> able to
> > use it? Some people on the Google+ page recommend getting Ubuntu 14.04
> and
> > installing the elementary PPA's, but then a core developer will come
> along
> > and shoot that person down, saying that that method isn't actually Isis
> (i.e
> > It lacks some sort of packages or something), and therefore isn't valid
> (Or
> > something along those lines). Maybe I'm just not searching hard enough.
> > There seems to be this massive campaign from the core devs to "Get
> > Involved", though there's for me to test my "involvement" on. The whole
> > point of releasing a beta is for developers to test their software. I
> also
> > understand that if you released a beta for developers, people who are not
> > developers would just jump all over it. Surely there's someway to bridge
> > that gap. I hate to be "that guy" that just criticizes, so I'd love to
> help
> > out in getting some sort of developer documentation going. I've the seen
> the
> > Google Doc, and read the site, while they're helpful in some extents,
> they
> > surely don't cover what I've explained above.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Mark Raymond Jr.
> >
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