[oi-dev] Gnome discusses going Linux-only

[Shawn Thompson]

Hmm, if this is the case, would it be safe for me to start working on UI
files for a GTK 3 version of the installer? I got a Gnome 3 environment here
(on Linux, of course, but still)

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Alasdair Lumsden <alasdairrr at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 20 May 2011, at 15:39, Shawn Thompson wrote:
>
> > If you were under a rock yesterday, you may have heard that there are now
> discussions on the GNOME mailing list about making the Systemd init system a
> dependency of GNOME 3.2 (
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2011-May/msg00432.html)
> in order to improve its integration with the system its placed atop.
> Unfortunately, if this were to occur, it would effectively (unless otherwise
> coded) end support for non-Linux based systems. Of course this might be a
> problem if this were to occur, since we are of course, a non-Linux based
> system, and active development of Gnome 2.x has effectively ended in favour
> of Gnome 3.x.
>
> Hi Shawn,
>
> There's been discussion on openindiana-discuss about this. We all of course
> hope this doesn't come to pass; it's not in the spirit of open source, and
> would seem counter-productive for the GNOME team to go down this route.
>
> > So it comes to this, if on the oft-chance this ''does'' occur (alongside
> the shockwaves it'll probably send through the world), do we have any
> contingency plans on what we could do to get around it? Stay on Gnome 2.x?
> Switch desktops entirely? Make a new GTK3-based one?
>
> If this did go ahead, there are options available, such as coding around
> the issue/integrating SMF support as a replacement. Forking GNOME or making
> a new desktop environment is beyond the scope of the project at this point,
> unless a flurry of committed devs appeared.
>
> At the end of the day, if GNOME disappeared tomorrow, there are other
> desktop environments we could adopt (as if we didn't have enough work
> already!)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alasdair
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