Guidelines for stable branch changes in GLib/Gtk

[Ryan Lortie <desrt desrt ca>]

hi,

It seems to me that we've been playing a little bit fast and loose with 
what goes into stable branches of GLib (and particularly) Gtk+ of late.

From my point of view I think the only thing suitable for a stable 
branch is a bug fix.  New features are completely out of the question 
and new API as well.

"Deep" bug fixes (eg: requiring substantial changes to the iconview in 
order to workaround difficult issues) are probably also best avoided but 
it's more difficult to draw a firm line here.

Those are my views.

I'm not presupposing to enforce my views about what is appropriate in a 
stable series, but I think we should have a discussion about it and come 
up with an answer.  Then we should stick to it.

Cheers