Re: [gnome-flashback] Wiki page for Gnome Flashback under JHBuild?

[Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 gmail com>]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Alberts Muktupāvels
<alberts muktupavels gmail com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 gmail com>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Alberts Muktupāvels
> > <alberts muktupavels gmail com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Michael DePaulo <mikedep333 gmail com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi Alberts & others,
> > > >
> > > > We've been exchanging emails about how to build and run Gnome
> > > > Flashback under JHBuild. Perhaps this info should be put on the wiki?
> > > > I am thinking of using a separate page from the main page (below). I
> > > > would also link to the main JHBuild instructions as needed (below.)
> > >
> > >
> > > Good idea! :)
> > >
> > > > I am also thinking of having separate pages for Gnome / Gnome
> > > > Flashback 3.8, 3.14, and 3.16, instead of a single page. Any
> > > > distro-specific instructions would be listed on each page.
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't see any reason for keeping info about 3.8.
> >
> > I meant Gnome Flashback 3.8.1.
> >
> > Can Gnome Flashback 3.14.0 be used with Gnome 3.8.x? Keep in mind that
> > EL7 uses Gnome 3.8.x, so Gnome 3.8.x support is very important.
>
>
> I don't know and I don't support mixing components with different versions.
> There is at least two problems:
> 1) Both gnome-panel and gnome-flashback will install session files.
> 2) Older version of gdm or any other display manager will not support
> XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP. For example there is no official release for lightdm
> that correctly supports this new standard while support for it has been
> added even in 1.10

OK. For the time being, I will create 2 pages:
3.14
3.16

> > > > https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeFlashback
> > > > (Scroll down to "Hacking / Contributing").
> > > >
> > > > https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Jhbuild
> > > > https://developer.gnome.org/jhbuild/
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > [...]
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> > > Alberts Muktupāvels
> > [...]
> >
> > -Mike
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-Mike