Re: New Version of Gnome!!! 2.12!

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

Nathaniel Reindl <fiction@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> Ubuntu and Fedora tend to keep on top of things in that
> regard.  They're generally running pretty well-tuned
> bleeding-edge configurations (well, not CVS HEAD 
> bleeding-edge)

Nope.  That would be Red Hat Rawhide:  
 
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/

You'll note a number of GNOME 2.11.x and 2.12 packages
already in the latest Rawhide:  

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/

> Debian and RHEL, on the other hand, tend to try to
stabilize
> on one release for a while before jumping right to another
> one.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) being based on the 2nd or 3rd
revision of Red Hat Linux, now Fedora Core, where there have
been only minor changes.

In the good'ole days of Red Hat Linux, this was the .0-.1-.2
model of revisions every 5-6 months.  Even Fedora Core 1 was
essentially Red Hat Linux 10 (there were even a few betas
prior to the name change), and the .2 release from Red Hat
Linux 8.0.

But now it seems since Fedora Core version 2, it's more of a
1-2 revision approach.  The even are bleeding edge, the odd
are an improvement.  Kinda the opposite of the kernel, Star
Trek movies, etc...  This new 1-2 approach seems to be the
fallout from the fact that Fedora Core releases are taking
7-9 months, instead of the old .0-.1-.2 revisions of 5-6
months of prior Red Hat Linux releases.

This is quite contradictory to those pundits who believe
Fedora is epoch-based, quite the opposite.  Fedora Core still
maintains Red Hat Linux's Rawhide-Beta-Release model of 2-3
months for each stage.  Frankly, I like it.

Heck, I even saw Alan Cox just commenting that he's been
sticking with Fedora Core 3 for now, because Fedora Core 4
changes too much.  I'm in the same boat.  I avoided adopting
Fedora Core 2, and stuck with Fedora Core 1 until Fedora Core
3 came out.  I'm doing the same on Fedora Core 4, waiting for
Fedora Core 5.

> This means that, short of moving to the unstable branch
> (in the case of Debian), you'll have to install from
source.
> See comment below.
> Compiling Gnome from source is a royal pain in the ass.  If
> you've never dealt a lot with Windows DLL hell, you'll be
in
> for a real exercise in pain.  Not to mention a test of your
> patience.

Which is why you're typically running Red Hat Rawhide or
Debian Unstable, where you have those newer libraries.


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