Re: [Evolution-hackers] time zone problem: extending API in stable branch?

[Srinivasa Ragavan <sragavan novell com>]

Patrick,

Can you just point us to the right patch, that extends API ? I seem to
hit the wrong patch. I dont see any .h changes also. 

Is there a way, we can work around for stable branch alone? We may need
release team approval, if we have to update API (I guess so, though EDS
isn't part of platform, we may have to atleast check with them)

-Srini.

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 22:25 +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the patch that I am suggesting to fix the time zone issues in Evolution
> (see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=528902) adds new
> functions to libecal. Note that the extended library is backwards
> compatible, i.e., this is not an API change which requires recompiling
> other programs (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=112638).
> 
> Is this an acceptable solution for the 2.22.x stable branch? Chentill
> reviewed the patch and agreed to committing it on trunk after some minor
> changes (which I have done in the meantime), but he is concerned about
> the API and rather would like to keep this out of the stable release.
> 
> I'm writing here to also get the opinion of Evolution packagers who
> might not monitor the discussion taking place in the bug tracker. Is
> this issue important enough to extend the API in the next 2.22.x
> release? If Evolution upstream doesn't include it in 2.22.x, are
> distributions going to apply the patch (it is written against the stable
> branch and applies cleanly) anyway?
> 
> I personally think that this is important because Evolution will
> continue to use out-dated time zone definitions for new meetings in
> perpetuity unless people wipe out their old calendars or the patch is
> applied. Quoting Paul Smith, who missed a meeting this spring due to
> this bug:
>         I have to add my voice to those saying "please, please, PLEASE
>         someone fix this complete and utter disaster!
>