----- Original Message ----- > On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 04:16 -0500, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > On Wednesday 25 January 2012 19:05:37 Manuel Escudero wrote: > > > > And also I've been told this desktop is available for > > > > ArchLinux now as well... As for this facts I was wondering > > > > how feasible is to port Unity to Fedora as well > > > > > > The last I heard from the Arch packaging efforts was that Unity > > > won't > > > be an > > > officially supported package until it no longer depends on > > > non-upstream patches > > > to GTK+ and friends. > > > > > > The same seems to be true for OpenSuse: > > > > Since we're replacing some of the core components of openSUSE > > > > (ex: > > > > GTK+, > > > > gnome-session) the priority is important. > > > (pasted from your link) > > > > > > I don't think I'm going out on a limb if I say that this doesn't > > > look > > > like > > > Unity will hit Fedora repos anytime soon. You may look at > > > repos.fedorapeople.org, though. > > > > > > As far as I remember Adam Williamson once looked at the > > > feasibility > > > of > > > packaging Unity for Fedora. Don't know what was the result, > > > though. > > > Maybe he > > > can elaborate on that. > > > > I tried Unity 2D, the QML version - it's much more easier to > > package for > > Fedora, I was nearly done but Unity then introduced a lot of new G* > > dependencies and I didn't want to step into our desktop lands (but > > I > > suppose the are not using these deps, so it shouldn't be a big > > problem). > > If it's not in Fedora, you can package it if you need it. You > certainly > don't need to ask the Desktop team anything (and a bunch of us have > proven packager so we can help with updates, if GNOME does end up > using > those dependencies). Yeah, I know, of course. Just heard that time that some Red Hatters/ Fedora guys ere going to work on it too. Now I'm checking the stuff again, refreshing package reviews etc. The truth is I gave it up due to completely non-distribution friendly approach in Unity upstream (aka no upstream tarballs, just Ubuntu packages...). Btw. thanks for help offer, R. > > So I can try to give it another round. > > > > R. > > > > > Lars > > > -- > > > devel mailing list > > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
