Re: gtk+/glib versions for GNOME 2.20

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>]

Le mardi 05 juin 2007 à 17:52 -0600, Elijah Newren a écrit :
> On 6/5/07, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> > Le lundi 28 mai 2007, à 16:12 +0200, Vincent Untz a écrit :
> > > Le mardi 15 mai 2007, à 15:05 +0200, Vincent Untz a écrit :
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > In [1], Tim mentioned that the current plan was to release GTK+ 2.12
> > > > mid-June. Is this still the case or do you expect a delay? This would be
> > > > useful to know, so we can tell people that it's okay to use the new GTK+
> > > > features.
> > > >
> > > > And any idea about glib 2.14? I guess if GTK+ 2.12 will be ready, the
> > > > new glib will be ready too.
> > > >
> > > > (FWIW, Behdad told on IRC that he expects GNOME 2.20 to use pango 1.18)
> > >
> > > Since the release dates for GTK+ 2.12 and glib 2.14 are now post-GUADEC
> > > and it's probably not a good idea to put pressure on the GTK+ team, I
> > > believe it's better to stay with GTK+ 2.10/glib 2.12 for GNOME 2.20.
> >
> > After today's GTK+ meeting, it seems the GTK+ developers are really
> > committed to the GUADEC release date for GTK+ 2.12. This sounds good
> > from the GNOME point of view.
> >
> > What do other people in the release team think?
> 
> GTK+ 2.12 aiming to be out far enough in advance of GNOME 2.20?  Awesome!

This is great news.

<release team hat>
Let's push GTK+ 2.11.x for next GNOME 2.19.x release !!
</release team hat>

Moreover, since most devel distributions will (or have) switched to GTK+
2.11.x, it will allow everybody to catch bugs quite early in the
process.

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Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandriva com>
Mandriva