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Originally Posted by kolaloka
Why can't I have things like I am used to?
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You can. You have options available to you to return to Gnome 2 and still have OpenBSD 5.1-release, such as:
- Install 5.0-release and its associated Gnome 2 from 5.0-release packages, then upgrade the OS to 5.1-release. When upgrading packages to match, use pkg_add(1) with -un to obtain a list of packages to be installed, edit the list removing Gnome 3 packages from the list, then use pkg_add -r to install the edited list.
- Using cvs(1) update command with -r, customize the x11/gnome branch of the ports tree to a pre-Gnome 3 state, build your own personal Gnome 2 that you can keep forever.
- Create a mystuff/x11/gnome branch of the tree, so that the standard x11/gnome branch remains as a distributed standard. End result is the same as above, except that eventually when you take over the world and are able force Gnome developers to return to your personal idea of perfection with Gnome 4 or 5 ... you won't have to strip CVS tags from the x11/gnome branch.
In hindsight, had you been active on the ports@ mailing list you might have been able to convince the developers who worked on the Gnome 3 port to retain Gnome 2 in a separate branch. Maybe. Maybe not. Working with them as a Gnome 3 tester, or other active assistance with the porting effort would likely have been the only way to have any influence. Culturally, we end users go along for the ride and do not have any control over developmental decisions. At all.
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Sorry, gnome developers, you are on a wrong track.
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Wrong forum. Gnome.org is thataway ->>>
