[arch-general] Please update the Cinnamon packages

[Marcelo "Marc" Ranolfi]

I highly doubt it, since it's up-to-date in Antergos (although I suspect
it's an automated build)

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 2:16 AM, mike lojkovic via arch-general <
arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> 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 at archlinux.org> 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 at gmail.com>
> > 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 out-of-date for a while now.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.
> > >
> >
>