RE: 2.4 Module List and Rationale (aka GEP10 and 11)

[Sander Vesik <sander_traveling yahoo co uk>]

 --- Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote: 
> > From: Sander Vesik [mailto:sander_traveling yahoo co uk] 
> > To: Luis Villa
> > > P.S. FWIW, my personal sense is that we need a 'bindings 
> > release' or 
> > > something like that- have latest *mm, py*, and *# (and 
> > maybe gtk-perl, 
> > > since I hear that is making a comeback) grouped together, 
> > so that both 
> > > the bindings and GNOME can get maximum publicity and 
> > organization from 
> > > it.
> > > 
> > 
> > Would this be a 'gnome desktop' or 'gnome platform' type of 
> > release? That 
> > is - are two consequtive releases of 'gnome-bindings' 
> > supposed to be 100% 
> > api/abi compatible? i'm not sure if the bindings have seen 
> > enough use to 
> > commit themselves to such
> 
> A "bindings release" probably wouldn't have 100% API or module _coverage_,
> but it shouldn't be difficult to demand API/ABI stability for the major
> bindings projects.
> 
> For instance, gtkmm 1.2, gtkmm 2.0, and gtkmm 2.2 have been very disciplined
> about API/ABI stability. And gtkmm's schedule is now almost in-sync with
> GTK+. libgnomecanvasmm, libglademm, and gconfmm are also API/ABI stable, but
> we can't say the same for libgnomeuimm because of the Bonobo complications.
> If there was demand for it then we would happily freeze libgnomeuimm as it
> is, without the Bonobo stuff. We are just starting on gnome-vfsmm. 
>

Just IMHO but it makes sense to not freeze non-finished stuff and just leave 
these out and add them in in the next release. To me (but this might be just me) it
makes even sense to go for a consistent coverage for a potentially smaller  set of
modules than have a very mish-mash experience as to what is supported by which
binding. 
 
> Murray Cumming
> murrayc usa net
> www.murrayc.com 
>  

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