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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)

 

Θα κάνω εγώ, αν και δεν μου είναι ξεκάθαροι οι λόγοι που κάνουν αυτό το
fork του gnome-control-center σε νέο πακέτο, επειδή είναι πολλά τα patches.


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:15 PM, George Christofis <geochr22@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Όποιος επιχειρήσει να κάνει τις δοκιμές, ας ενημερώσει εδώ τη λίστα.
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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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