From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: guixest Subject: Re: DE Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:59:01 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87zhi9qogi.fsf@ngyro.com> Reply-To: guixest Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iIQXh-0000fH-EV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:59:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iIQXg-0005mV-2l for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:59:13 -0400 Received: from mail-40135.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.135]:37033) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iIQXf-0005l5-HM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:59:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87zhi9qogi.fsf@ngyro.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Timothy Sample Cc: "guix-devel\\@gnu.org" thanks. I understand the process you explained. Btw, when is the next batch coming? Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:17 AM, Timothy Sample w= rote: > Hi guixest, > > guixest guixest@protonmail.com writes: > > > hi. > > I was looking at available gtk based desktops. It appears xfce is up to= date where as gnome > > is not. is there a reason for this? > > Yes and no. As I understand it, upgrading GNOME often means upgrading > GTK and GLib, which have a lot of dependants. We batch those kinds of > upgrades because the build farm needs time to catch up, and we need to > test the resulting package set. Usually this happens a couple times a > year, but the last batch took closer to a whole year to get through. (A > million thanks to everyone who worked so hard to get through it!) > > Beyond that, having helped test two GNOME upgrades, I can say that there > are enough issues that it is a bit of a =E2=80=9Cproject=E2=80=9D. It= =E2=80=99s not so simple > as just bumping the versions and building the packages. > > That being said, I am hopeful that we will eventually be able to catch > up to upstream. We have some code for version 3.32, which is the > next-to-latest version. If someone (me if I can find the time) gets it > cleaned up quick enough, it will be part of the next batch upgrade. > BTW, we always appreciate help with testing if you=E2=80=99re up for it. = :) > > -- Tim