Re: Agnostep-Desktop Release Candidate 1.0.0 RC 4.3

Hello  Sveta,

On 2026-02-21 07:57:04 +0100 Svetlana Tkachenko 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Patrick
> 
> I would suggest some changes to README. The first paragraph 'to 
> install 
> GNUStep with ease' does not resonate with a Debian user who already 
> can 
> install GNUStep apps from package manager. Having a Debian package 
> for this 
> could be helpful (at least to me). 

Thank you for this advice.
I modified accordingly the README to clarify this.

As some apps were improved (read back, by example, the work done by 
Riccardo on Address framework and AddressManager and so on) I am not 
sure the Debian Team could provide such improvements on stable 
packages due to the rules and delays with Debian releases.
But maybe I am wrong.
Yavor and Alex, could you clarify this point, please?

> (...) From a Debian user perspective, all those 
> numerous little changes should be included into packages, either all 
> together 
> or separately for each app and component.
> 
> Sveta
> 

Well, this could be envisaged.
My first thought about End Users was to provide ISOs Demos ready to 
run out of the box. But the package approach could be a good way too.

Another idea is to provide universal installer packages - not tied to 
any operating system - but only to GNUstep system and Installer app. 
This is a only a concept... Nothing yet done.

Another reason to use a sources mode install is that doing so we could 
port the Desktop on other platforms: I think about FreeBSD... Maybe on 
LFS too (SimplyGNUstep born again?)

As I dispatched Desktop and Theme into distinct projects, maybe we 
could also envisage to provide a less up to date Desktop, but based on 
Debian stable packages, with only AGNOSTEP-THEME applying. I will 
think about this too depending on the answer and recommendations by 
Yavor and Alex... and everybody who feels concerned,  of course.

Cheers,
Patrick

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