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Post #201,085
by ben_tilly
3/29/05 11:53:12 AM
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New Hey! What do you have against FVWM???
I use it, and like it. In fact one of my gripes about gnome is that the Debian fvwm folks decided to move to a new version that has some gnome integration. I value the gnome integration not at all, and I loathe the default behaviour on the new fvwm.

At some point I'll bit the bullet and upgrade at work, and probably switch window managers. But until the Gnome integration borked it, fvwm was a fine WM for my needs. (And my needs did not include modifying it significantly from what had been the Debian defaults.)

Cheers,
Ben
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Post #201,088
by pwhysall
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3/29/05 11:56:43 AM
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New Nothing.
If that's what floats your boat.

And if the new version in Debian angers you enough, you have two choices, both of which will allow you to keep the good old FVWM that you love:

1. Fork it at a point where you deem that you liked it
1a. Compile a debian package sans GNOME integration
2. Pin the package at a suitable version

(2) is less work than (1a) is less work than (a), but all are work; this is what happens when the developers of a package exercise their right to take the package in the direction they want.

Peter
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                 I know what will marginalise it. - (pwhysall) - (5) - March 29, 2005, 07:09:20 AM EST
                     If limiting user actions are the best shot... - (imric) - (4) - March 29, 2005, 07:22:42 AM EST
                         We limit all the time... - (pwhysall) - (3) - March 29, 2005, 08:06:55 AM EST
                             Your limits - (imric) - March 29, 2005, 08:40:48 AM EST
                             Hey! What do you have against FVWM??? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - March 29, 2005, 11:53:12 AM EST
                                 Nothing. - (pwhysall) - March 29, 2005, 11:56:43 AM EST
             The EVUL of GNOME! - (cwbrenn) - (3) - March 30, 2005, 11:52:02 AM EST
                 Megawhat? - (pwhysall) - (2) - March 30, 2005, 11:54:55 AM EST
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