Might he be waiting on Linux Mint 18.2 to be released before updating? (all of the major bugs should be fixed by then) On Jun 21, 2017 11:39 PM, "Marcelo "Marc" Ranolfi via arch-general" < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good morning, > > With Cinnamon 3.4.2 released 2 days ago, the version available in the > official repository is now 3 releases behind. > > I exhort those in charge to please give this matter some attention. > > Thanks. > > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 4:44 AM, Marcelo Ranolfi <marc.2377@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Good morning, > > > > Our Cinnamon packages, from maintainer Alexandre Filgueiras ( > > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?maintainer=faidoc), have been > > out-of-date for a while now. > > > > Someone asked on Reddit a month ago about this ( > https://www.reddit.com/r/ > > archlinux/comments/6axs8n/to_alexandre_filgueria_why_is_ > cinnamon_34_not/) > > and was informed that the packages are up-to-date in Antergos. I > appreciate > > that Mr. Filgueira is the founder and project leader for Antergos. > > > > Since the Cinnamon packages are currently lagging 5 months behind > official > > releases, I'd like to ask Mr Filgueira to either step up and update the > > packages, or possibily consider handing over the maintanership in the > best > > interest of the community. The Cinnamon DE is developing fast, and a > rather > > large number of quirks are fixed each release. > > > > There's a git version in AUR, but it's basically broken (the PKGBUILD > > themselves, and the sources - it's dev version after all). I'd create > > another AUR package myself for the most up-to-date version, but we have a > > policy of not doing that for official packages. Anyway, I would volunteer > > to maintain Cinnamon, if needed. > > > > Thanks for your consideration. > > >
