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Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register)Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register)Posted Nov 11, 2011 13:40 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950)In reply to: Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register) by ThinkRob Parent article: Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register)
We've never provided stable updates for more than a few months. Used to be x.x.0, x.x.1, x.x.2, x.x.3, but since a while we only provide up to x.x.2.
I've seen security updates for GNOME 2.x stuff though, so not only are you wrong in saying that we forced, you're also incorrect in saying that no security updates happened for GNOME 2.x.
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Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register) Posted Nov 11, 2011 14:55 UTC (Fri) by csigler (subscriber, #1224) [Link]
Last time I checked, an intent to end-of-life a software package does force its users to choose another package, that is, if they wish to avoid stagnant, unmaintained software. Please correct me if I'm wrong here.
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Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register) Posted Nov 11, 2011 15:03 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]
You've replied to my comment, but fail to see the relation. I said that GNOME has not changed its support policy in years. I cannot comment on generics. Care to be a bit more specific?
Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register) Posted Nov 11, 2011 20:52 UTC (Fri) by deepfire (subscriber, #26138) [Link]
So, by saying this, you lend implicit support to the original statement, which I'll quote, for added clarity:
> But they absolutely have forced them in the "drop/deprecate/remove/stop
Good we're clear on this.
Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register) Posted Nov 11, 2011 23:00 UTC (Fri) by ovitters (subscriber, #27950) [Link]
I've asked for clarification, but you are also vague.
We give support for stable version for 2 releases after the first one.
Suggest not to put words in my mouth. Policy for stable releases has been the same for years.
Saying "(new) One True UI sense". Well, nothing changed with the number of stable versions we provide with the release of 3.0.
So, no, I don't support your notion.
Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (Register) Posted Nov 13, 2011 16:50 UTC (Sun) by deepfire (subscriber, #26138) [Link]
Putting words in your mouth differs from helping you to understand the implications of things you say yourself.
Yes, the Gnome release policy _effectively_ forces its users to move on to newer versions. You simply cannot argue with that. You even just said it again -- "We give support for stable version for 2 releases after the first one."
Before, while the desktop paradigm was remaining familiar, it was not terribly important.
Today, we're left at the doors of a significant change, without any contingency plan (yes, collectively, many of us expected the fallback mode to be such a contingency plan).
It's really simple. Just try to use a little empathy.
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