Re: another gnome-libs .02

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> writes:

> Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com> writes: 
> > I agree we would have these benefits but we must realize the cost in
> > increased coordination complexity. 
> > 
> > Getting all the different packages together for GNOME 1.4 beta 1 was
> > already non-trivial, and that was a case where we could use an old
> > release for many modules, something that will not be true for
> > compat-breaking releases.
> > 
> 
> This is coordination complexity getting the modules on the ftp site
> and contacting maintainers about release plans, etc. The bundling
> creates coordination complexity getting the modules written and
> maintained in terms of fixing bugs, etc. ... that's the distinction I
> would draw. It also creates conflicts about when freezes happen and
> such.
> 

Just to be clear - I am not saying we _shouldn't_ be using more
modules. In fact, truly gigantic modules increase release complexity
as well, since it takes longer to fix `make distcheck' problems and
get sign-off from people who hack on particular sub-components.

What I am saying is, don't assume adding more packages is free; strike
the right balance. libmyonetrivialwidget is not a good plan;
libexperimentalwidgetsforappsfooandbar may well be.

 - Maciej