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Re: Fwd: Call for testing - unity-control-center (fork of gnome-control-center so we can stay on an old version)

 

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2013/12/12 NikTh <nick-athens30@xxxxxxxxxx>

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> Θα δημιουργήσουν, απ' ότι κατάλαβα, ένα fork του gnome-control-center
> , που θα το ονομάζουν unity-control-center. Ζητούν δοκιμαστές, οπότε
> όποιος έχει όρεξη μπορεί να συμμετάσχει. Μια απλή εγκατάσταση μέσω PPA
> είναι απ' ότι είδα.
>
>
> - -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Call for testing - unity-control-center (fork of
> gnome-control-center so we can stay on an old version)
> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:42:16 +1300
> From: Robert Ancell <robert.ancell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: ubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hi all,
>
> Ubuntu makes use of a heavily patched gnome-control-center (61
> patches) and
> we will in future move to the new Ubuntu System Settings [1] once we
> achieve convergence. We are already running an old version of
> gnome-control-center (3.6) and the value for Ubuntu in upgrading this is
> low since it would take a lot of work to update our changes. Running
> an old
> version until convergence blocks those who do use GNOME (i.e. Ubuntu
> GNOME).
>
> For these reasons it has been discussed that we should fork
> gnome-control-center 3.6 for Unity into unity-control-center [2].
>
> To be very clear, this is a fork with a limited lifespan. We don't expect
> to make significant changes to it outside of stability and security fixes.
>
> This change affects a number of packages, and I have attempted to find and
> fix all the side-effects (See bug 1257505 [3]). The proposed changes
> are in
> a PPA [4].
>
> Please test this PPA and post any problems in the bug report. I'd like to
> land this change into the archive if there are no reasons to block it.
>
> I also have a fork of gnome-settings-daemon for the same reasons which
> I am
> running successfully, I will do a similar call for testing when we have
> landed the control center changes.
>
> Thanks,
> - --Robert
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-settings
> [2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-control-center
> [3]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1257505
> [4] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/+archive/unity-control-center
>
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