Hello Folks still following this ITP. I spent some time trying to see if I could get the Unity shell packaged for Debian. I started with taking the latest build from precise-updates and see what needs change and what is missing.... Here's what I have: rrs@champaran:~/Community/Packaging/Unity$ ls bamf/ frame/ grail/ Lenses/ libunity-webapps/ unity/ x11proto-fixes/ compiz/ geis/ humanity-icon-theme/ libunity/ libxfixes/ unity-asset-pool/ dbus-test-runner/ glib2.0-2.32.3/ indicator-messages/ libunity-misc/ nux/ unity-greeter/ Many of it is already in Debian in sid and experimental. Where as some others (icons etc) can always be addons. Building the entire thing was a real PITA. The main reason being that getting Unity for Debian would mean close co-ordination in between dependent package teams and accommodating changes. For example, the unity patch for chromium. And this definitely cannot be done by a single person. So are people interested and willing to take it further ??? I haven't done much than just try to get it build inside a sid/experimental pbuilder instance, so all the big task of co-ordination with other dependency teams is still pending... Oh!! And yes, it also runs on my box. -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
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