[arch-general] [arch-announce] GNOME3 in [testing]

[Matthew Monaco]

On 04/07/2011 03:01 PM, Arch Linux: Recent news updates: Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote:
> Ionuț Mircea Bîru wrote:
>
> GNOME 3.0.0 packages are now available in the [testing] repository. These bring
> with it an update to gtk2, as well as the new gtk3.
>
> This is a major update and you should take note of a couple of things:
>
>    * GNOME3 will replace GNOME2 once it gets moved to [extra].
>
>    * GNOME3 has two modes, "standard" mode (gnome-shell) and "fallback" mode
> (gnome-panel + metacity).
>
>    * Panel applets using Bonobo aren't supported anymore and packages depending
> on it will be dropped.
>
>    * pulseaudio is now required to run the GNOME desktop.
>
>    * Some packages exist in separate versions for gtk2 and gtk3. These typically
> have a name like "packagename3". Examples are vte3, libwebkit3, gtkhtml4.
>
>    * pygobject is now available for Python 3 in the package "py3gobject".
>
> Have fun testing these packages!
>
> Update and installation instructions are available at
> [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_3][1].
>
> Bugs related to packaging should be reported to [http://bugs.archlinux.org/][2]
> .
>
> Crashes and feature requests should be reported to
> [https://bugzilla.gnome.org/][3] .
>
>     [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME_3 (gnome 3 wiki)
>
>     [2]: http://bugs.archlinux.org/ (arch linux bugtracker)
>
>     [3]: http://bugs.archlinux.org (gnome bugtracker)
>
> URL: http://www.archlinux.org/news/gnome3-in-testing/
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Is pulseaudio mandatory no matter what? Can it be removed if some of the 
packages are built custom?

I like having volume control for HDMI out. And I like that this mysterious 
starving audio, playing silence, glitch has disappeared. But I don't like that 
pulse uses so much CPU and i think it's a major reason why my computer is runn 
5-8 degrees C hotter with gnome3