The question that starts this post comes to mind, after Clem lefebvre I would reply to a comment that I left in the Cinnamon Blog.
The problem is this: Yesterday I tried to install Cinnamon on my work PC, where I have Debian Testing + Xfce. Using the repository LMDE I was about to install this Shell, as it had done on other occasions, however the attempt failed due to a dependency. Turns out that Cinnamon need the package libcogl5 (> = 1.7.4), but said package is not in the repositories of Debian.
I tried to install the version that is in the repositories of Ubuntu Oneiric, but it also gave me an error when I couldn't overwrite a file on my system. To top it all, the package that is available in Debian, is in the repositories of Sid only for architecture armhf.
Well, I go and discuss the situation with Clem and this was his response:
Well that's a Debian problem I think. If they only ever provide the latest libcogl and keep changing its name, you should expect Cinnamon and Shell to break continuously. Eventually we'll move towards this version, but in the long run Debian will need to address that problem.
What has been something like this:
Well that's a Debian problem I think. If they just offer the latest libcogl and keep changing their name, you should expect Cinnamon and Shell to continually break. Over time we will move towards this version, but in the long run Debian will have to address that problem.
You know He's actually partly right, but I'm already a bit sick of the same thing always happening: Unity, Elementary OS, Cinnamon, all focused on Ubuntu and the others who give them a sack. But there is still something I don't understand How does it work Cinnamon en Linux Mint 13, if the package libcogl5 it is also not found in the repositories of Precise? I will have to ask again Clem.
What is clear to me is that LMDE, a distribution that to me (already many) I was excited since it was just an idea, I should die if they are not going to dedicate it to the version of Linux Mint with Debian, the time it takes. I hope and SolusOS fill the gap I'm sure will leave LMDE on your users.
It's really a shame, because apart from Xfce, Cinnamon it is the only Shell de Desktop Environment that really catches my attention.