Re: GLib and Gtk+ branched for 2.15.0

[Tim Janik <timj imendio com>]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Kalle Vahlman wrote:

> 2007/11/19, Tim Janik <timj imendio com>:
> > Hay all.
> >
> > upstream GLib and Gtk+ have been branched now. as of this morning, both trunks
> > are at 2.15.0, and stable branches have been created for bugfixes:
> >    http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/glib/branches/glib-2-14/
> >    http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gtk+/branches/gtk-2-12/
> >
> > so the plan is to release GLib-2.16.0 and Gtk+-2.16.0 in sync again at the end
> > of this development phase.
>
> Not that I'm against it, but is there a rationale/discussion for this somewhere?

there is no strong technical reason either way.
having different MINOR version numbers for glib and gtk+ has been a constant
matter of confusion in emails and during meetings, so syncing them is simply
going to make things easier for humans.

> Kalle Vahlman, zuh iki fi

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