GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode [LWN.net]

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 11, 2012 2:19 UTC (Sun) by LightDot (guest, #73140)
In reply to: GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode by deepfire
Parent article: GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

I was flabbergasted to see some of the Gnome developer comments that are quoted on this blog. These are Red Hat employed developers..?

Did it really come this far that even extensions and themes are considered detrimental to Gnome project goals? Which is... what? Corporate branding?

I'm speechless.

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GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 11, 2012 22:04 UTC (Sun) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link]

That one Gnome developer has aired a view that grates you the wrong way is truly appalling...

GNOME 3.8 to drop fallback mode

Posted Nov 11, 2012 23:34 UTC (Sun) by LightDot (guest, #73140) [Link]

I have simply used one view I find especially out of this world as an example. But I have been speaking in plural and let me rephrase, just to be absolutely clear - all of those views, bug report responses, etc. mentioned in the blog seem appalling to me.

I won't list the developers names here as I don't want to make this in any way personal (it really isn't), but I believe I have counted at least five persons, all presumably employed by Red Hat to work on Gnome, GTK+ or related tasks.

I just don't see these as merely sporadic private views of people that don't have any weight. I also don't see these views as uncharacteristic of the way Gnome 3 is taking lately. Am I wrong? I'd be glad to be wrong.