On N, 2007-11-22 at 09:44 -0500, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 15:15 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote: > > > > I'm not sure its expected in the future. Apparently there is some > > confusion from the different version numbers of current glib/gtk+ which > > is why there is a desire to resync the numbers. > > I think it's safe to say that Gtk+ has settled on a once-a-year release > schedule where glib can use more regular releases, for one reason > because its such a low level library for the entire platform. Expanding on that, I think that a different version numbering and more regular releases can give a message that glib can and should be used for projects that don't even have a GUI to give a pleasant C coding experience without having to reinvent the many wheels and share these in a shared library instead. > Personally I don't buy that there's any gain in skipping version numbers > and syncing them. It adds more confusion IMO without solving much. I agree. Going with this we'd have a jump from gtk+-2.12 to 2.18. That can be clarified maybe easily this time around, but next time with more often glib releases it's going to be 2.18 -> 2.22 and so on. Lots of confusion in the lines of "Where did gtk+-2.20 go?" -- Mart Raudsepp Gentoo Developer
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