Re: GNOME 2.11/2.12 targeting GTK+ 2.8 (ie cairo based)

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Luis Villa">

> Oh, and after the last time we did this, the release team swore mighty
> oaths to never depend on a released-close-to-gnome-schedule GTK again,
> since it jeopardizes our release schedule for something that is less
> tested than the rest of the stack and which in many cases isn't widely
> used because developers haven't had time to integrate it. I suppose we
> could reconsider that, but we did it the last time for the same reasons
> Mark listed, more or less. As a result we had to delay our release and
> (speaking with my QA hat on) after .0 we still had to track down several
> issues in gtk that were caused by rushing out a component low-in-the-stack
> with insufficient real-world testing.
> 
> So, yeah, I'm pretty strongly against this, though I'm open to persuasion.

Oh, and I thought I was the most vocal and conservative about this. :-)

How stupid would it be to optionally depend on the new API goodies, so we
have the chance to ship 2.6 if needs be?

- Jeff

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